When people think of Rome, images flash into the mind. Julius Caesar? No paintings remain, just statues – and the Asterix books. We have an image of a stern, wiry man aged about 50, wearing a wreath.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A marble statue of Nero on loan from the Louvre in Paris is seen at the Landesmuseum in Germany in 2016. Harald Tittel/Picture ...

13:34, Mon, Jun 2, 2025 Updated: 19:05, Mon, Jun 2, 2025 Ancient Rome produced the longest-lasting empire in human history. It wasn’t the biggest – that was the British Empire. It wasn’t even the ...

IN 2008 THE British Museum hosted a blockbuster exhibition about Hadrian, a Roman emperor whose reign (117-138AD) has never ceased to fascinate. Generations of historians have grappled with his ...

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Archeologists unearthed the ruins of Nero's Theater in Rome, officials announced on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. The ancient Roman ruins of a Theatrum Nerones, erected by Roman Emperor Nero, who ruled ...

Archaeologists excavating a Renaissance building in Rome, Italy, have discovered the remains of Nero’s Theater, an imperial structure that has been described in ancient Roman texts, but never located.

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 had begun.