The story of Emperor Nero is one of the most infamous in the history of the Roman Empire filled with ambition, excess, and ...

Experts working at the Fishbourne Roman Palace in the UK are preparing to scan the damaged statue of a boy’s head to reveal if it is a rare depiction of Roman Emperor Nero as a youngster. They ...

Nine of the worst Roman emperors, known for madness, violence, corruption, and misrule, ultimately pushed the Roman Empire ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare 2,000 year old Roman coin during a scientific dig in Jerusalem. The gold coin features the face of Emperor Nero and was likely struck in 56-57 AD.

Emperor Nero, who ruled as the Roman Empire's fifth emperor from A.D. 54 to 68, was a controversial sovereign who built public structures and won military victories abroad, but also neglected ...

Archaeologists excavating a Renaissance building in Rome, Italy, have discovered the remains of Nero’s Theater, an imperial structure that has been described in ancient Roman texts, but never ...

In his Lives of the Twelve Caesars, the second-century Roman historian Suetonius related how Nero “rushed off to examine Agrippina’s corpse, handling her limbs, and, between drinks to satisfy ...

A double-faced Junus head, approximately dated to the 1st century A.D., is seen among other findings coming from the excavation of ancient Roman emperor Nero's theater.

Archaeologists are fawning over the discovery of what they believe to be the Roman emperor Nero’s personal theater. The theater includes a seating section, storage rooms, and plenty of ornate ...

Head of Nero, AD 50–100 (with later restorations) Marble. Musei Capitolini, Sala Imperatori, Rome. Musei Capitolini. Nero was the last in the hereditary line descended from the Emperor Augustus ...

While the coins were buried during Nero's reign, some of them were minted earlier. All but one of the coins in the hoard are silver denarii, a standard Roman coin, that were minted between 157 B.C ...

ROME -- Did Roman emperor Nero get a bad rap? “Divo Nerone,” a rock opera with international ambitions being staged in the real Roman Forum by Oscar-winning production designer Dante Ferretti ...