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 ...

The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently ... for more than 1,400 years, its use of color could very well live on in some ...

The Roman emperor Nero is known as one of history’s most brutal and eccentric leaders. He is said to have killed his mother, stepbrother and wives, persecuted Christians and squandered a fortune ...