I remember from a class I took once at Berkeley that after the Roman Emperor Nero had been deposed, he was running away and a centurion who saw him quoted Virgi

I remember from a class I took once at Berkeley that after the Roman Emperor Nero had been deposed, he was running away and a centurion who saw him quoted Virgil: Is death so hard to bear? Really, 20 years of failure? I am not understanding this.