person
Nero
also: Нерон, Нерона, Нероном
Roman emperor (r. 54-68 AD) after whom April was briefly, flatteringly renamed "Neroneus" by the Senate; Chekhov treats the honor's lapse as a case of bureaucratic negligence rather than the fall of a disgraced tyrant.
Reading notes
- On April §5 Neroneus
The Roman Senate did in fact briefly rename April "Neroneus" in flattery of Emperor Nero (as it had renamed other months for Julius Caesar and Augustus); the honor lapsed after his death, which Chekhov reframes as bureaucratic negligence rather than damnatio memoriae.