Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

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 ...

experts say the study of these pigments can give insights into ancient and more modern Italian art. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, or Nero for short, was the last emperor of the Julio ...

In Rome, archaeologists at the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero's grand palace ... Egyptian blue ingot bridges two significant periods in art history: the Renaissance revival of its techniques and ...

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 ...

She was the sister of the emperor Caligula, the wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero. Each one honoured her as the most important woman in their reign, and she was able to leverage this into ...

The 2,000-year-old lighthouse in the ancient city of Patara, built by Roman Emperor Nero in CE 64, is set to illuminate once again after centuries, as restoration efforts reach their final stages.