Editor: In 64 AD, fire destroyed much of Rome. Emperor Nero reportedly was thrilled to see it happen, so he could rebuild the way he wanted. In 2024, 77 million of our 340 million citizens elected ...

"Legend has it that the chariot races at Rome's Circus Maximus stadium in the sixth century [BCE] were traditionally run clockwise until an unlucky chariot racer accidentally hit emperor Nero in ...

Baia was part of Hellenized Southern Italy. He never gave up his beard, a homage to Greek philosophers. Afterward, Hadrian emperors would be captured with a beard in official portraits. Marble ...

The work by Tacitus begins with the death of Emperor Augustus in 14 CE and spans until Nero's suicide 54 years later. His study is pivotal for understanding the propagation of Christianity within ...

But most critics hated it and reviews have been harsh. It's about the relationship between Seneca and Nero, the infamous Emperor he mentored since childhood and who accused him of plotting his ...

“So, Mr. President acted proactively to forestall total breakdown of law and order in the state, and didn’t behave like Emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned.” According to ...

Historian Tom Holland suggests there may be modern parallels to the machinations of one of history's most infamous figures. Trump has handed Brexit Britain a golden opportunity More F-16s being ...

The Battle of Strasbourg in 357 pitted the Roman army, commanded by Emperor Julian the Apostate, against a coalition of Alamanni barbarian tribes attempting to invade Gaul. During the 4th century AD, ...

Instead, it’s named after the Colossus of Nero, a nearly 100-foot-tall bronze statue of (and commissioned by) Emperor Nero. After Nero’s death by suicide in 68 C.E., the statue was transformed ...