Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Rome by Professor Mary Beard and comedian and actor Patton Oswalt to learn all about Emperor Nero. Nero has gone down in history as one of Rome’s most infamous rulers ...

Roman emperor Nero is depicted in history as a bloody tyrant who slept with his mother, killed two of his wives and 'fiddled' while Rome burnt. He also said to have practised singing and recited ...

Notorious for being a cruel megalomaniac tyrant who persecuted early Christians, had his stepbrother, two of his wives and even his own mother murdered, Rome's fifth emperor, Nero, has never been held ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Based on accounts written during and after his reign, Nero (A.D. 37 to 68) has long been ...

In the years after the Emperor Nero was declared an enemy of the Roman state and committed suicide to avoid arrest by his own soldiers, several imposters exploited rumors that he was still living in ...

Nearly 2,000 years after he held sway over ancient Rome, a notorious emperor is again causing outrage. The reason: Italian authorities approved construction of a massive stage amid the ruins over the ...

When people think of Rome, images flash into the mind. Julius Caesar? No paintings remain, just statues – and the Asterix books. We have an image of a stern, wiry man aged about 50, wearing a wreath.