Terrified, Nero fled to the country with his few remaining slaves and killed himself. Without any heirs, the Roman Empire now had no leader. With the ultimate prize up for grabs, rival generals ...

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

Nero wasted no time ... it had become the official religion of the Roman Empire.

The Annals by Tacitus, composed just 91 years after the death of Jesus, provide according to some invaluable data about his ...

As In Our Time explores the truth behind Nero’s fearsome reputation, we pick out nine key facts about the infamous Roman emperor. When he came to power in 54 AD, the Roman Empire was vast.

Nero used the Great Fire of Rome as part of ... evidence that will rock any non-believer At the time, the Roman Empire was worshiping gods and adding more foreign deities into its religious ...

She was the sister of the emperor Caligula, the wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero. Each one honoured ... an important propaganda tool in the Roman empire. Agrippina was the first living ...