Few figures in history have been as polarizing as Nero, the infamous Roman emperor who had a love affair with everything ...

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 ...

In Rome, archaeologists at the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero's grand palace, have made a striking discovery: an uncommonly large Egyptian blue ingot. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ...

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 ...

Emperor Nero Blamed Christians for the Great Fire of Rome One of the most tragic events in Nero’s controversial reign was the Great Fire of Rome, which erupted in July 64 CE.

The Roman emperor Nero is known as one of history’s most brutal and eccentric leaders. He is said to have killed his mother, stepbrother and wives, persecuted Christians and squandered a fortune ...

It holds your hands through the foundation of Rome, with excessive concern dedicated to the Aeneid, to the rise of the ...

Roman Emperor Nero is most famous in popular imagination for playing the fiddle while Rome burned. Now his grand royal residence is once again open to the public.View on euronews ...