When Emperor Claudius died suddenly in A.D. 54, Nero succeeded him to the throne at only 16 years old, leapfrogging over other members of the Julio-Claudian ruling dynasty.

The palace is called the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, erected by and for Nero. When the 30-year-old emperor’s crazed world exploded in A.D. 68, and he ordered a subject to drive a knife through ...

The ancient ruins of Roman Emperor Nero’s private theater were discovered in Rome, according to multiple reports, giving archaeologists access to a historical site that had eluded them for years ...

Anthony Hopkins checks a lot of boxes playing a Roman Emperor Vespasian in Peacock's "Those About to Die." Here's why you'll be entertained.

Sensitive and handsome, Nero (37 – 68 AD / reigned 54 – 68 AD) started out well as emperor. But his early promise gave way to wild extravagance and murder. His rule ended as violently as it ...

Nero, the great-great-grandson of both the emperor Augustus and Mark Antony, was made emperor of Rome in AD54 at the tender age of 16. He was manoeuvred on to the throne by his mother, who ...

Anthony Hopkins checks a lot of boxes playing a Roman Emperor Vespasian in Peacock's "Those About to Die." Here's why you'll be entertained.

Emperor Nero's lost theatre is FOUND: Archaeologists discover venue built by tyrant who slept with his mother, killed two of his wives and 'fiddled' while Rome burnt.

Ruins of a private theater belonging to the 1st century Roman Emperor Nero have been unearthed in the Italian capital just meters from the Vatican, in what experts are calling an “exceptional ...

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Anthony Hopkins checks a lot of boxes playing a Roman Emperor Vespasian in Peacock's "Those About to Die." Here's why you'll be entertained.