Because the now-subterranean palace inspired Renaissance artists, experts say the study of these pigments can give insights into ancient and more modern Italian art. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus ...

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ... The finding of this Egyptian blue ingot bridges two significant periods in art history: the Renaissance revival of its techniques and the grandeur ...

Agrippina began her quest for power by persuading Claudius to bring back Seneca from exile so that he could become tutor to her own son, Nero, the boy she planned to make an emperor. Gradually ...

Nero only became emperor because his power-hungry mother, Agrippina the Younger, manoeuvred him into place to take the role. She wed her uncle, the emperor Claudius, then arranged for Nero to ...