The next few emperors reconfigured or ignored it ... was apparently named for the more than 100-foot-tall bronze statue of Nero depicted as the sun god—the Colossus Neronis—that once loomed ...

Living under absolute rule of an emperor, stoics were forced to walk a fine line between integrity and hypocrisy. Back in Rome, the murder of Claudius propelled Seneca's student, Nero, to the top job.

Living under absolute rule of an emperor, stoics were forced to walk a fine line between integrity and hypocrisy. Back in Rome, the murder of Claudius propelled Seneca's student, Nero, to the top job.

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.

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.