Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known for his tumultuous reign as Roman emperor from AD 54 to AD 68, built the "Golden House" whose archaeological treasures continue to astonish ...

Britain had resisted Roman rule for over a century, but was conquered by Claudius, who created client kingdoms to protect the frontier. He had succeeded where Caesar ... own son, Nero, the boy ...

The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently uncovered a chunk of Egyptian blue ingot, an example of the opulence of the palace itself.