A Pigment That Defined the Renaissance Was Just Discovered in the Ruins of Nero’s ‘Golden House’
The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently uncovered a ...
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Bust of Nero during his reign
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 ...
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Rethinking Nero
The next few emperors reconfigured or ignored it ... of Nero to the showmanship of a more recent fallen Italian leader. “Nero was a fool and a megalomaniac, but a fool can also be charming ...
Why we’re stuck in Ancient Rome
It holds your hands through the foundation of Rome, with excessive concern dedicated to the Aeneid, to the rise of the ...
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Nero to zero: The rise and fall of a brutal Roman emperor
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 ...
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Statue of Seneca
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.
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Rugby’s dangerous self-delusion
By Finn McRedmond Emperor Nero – the last of the Julio-Claudians – has become ... There are few answers in The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome by the Italian journalist Aldo ...