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 had begun.

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 and other ...

During the 16th century, when realistic representation was the norm, artists were thrilled when an accidental discovery revealed the fantastical frescoes that the Emperor Nero had commissioned in the ...

In his dark historical comedy “Seneca,” Robert Schwentke explores themes of power, corruption and hypocrisy as he traces the fateful final days of the Roman philosopher and dramatist that followed his ...

After the Roman emperor Nero committed suicide in 68 AD, at the age of 30, a hostile Senate made a concerted effort to suppress any record of his existence. This act of damnatio memoriae, ...

A strikingly beautiful young man was forcefully castrated and made to live in an emperor’s palace as his “queen” draped in veils. The story is so dark, fantastical, and profoundly queer it seems ...