When he became emperor, Nero was a young man who enjoyed the theater, music and horse racing. His dominating mother, Agrippina, had already murdered Claudius to see her son on the throne.

Anyone curious about the mother’s intentions could find the answer on coins from the era, depicting the teenage emperor’s face no larger than that of Agrippina. Nero’s early reign was golden.

Bilfeld popped the question with a 5.25 carat platinum and diamond ring following a beachside lunch in Mallorca with ...

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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His job was to help Nero become a reasonable emperor – a difficult job given his young age and his murderous mother. For a while, Seneca succeeded in controlling Nero's darker side. As an ...

As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her ...

Conn Iggulden picks the Roman Emperor Nero, who was accused of killing his mother, killing two wives, and castrating and marrying one of his servants. Show more An unexpected choice for Great ...

It’s as if we are looking at modern-day mythologies of ancient Greek gods taking the form of trees or animal shapes as they ...

After all, the emperor already had his own advisers, Seneca and Afranius Burrus. As Tacitus recounts: Nero, then, hostile to ...

It might come as a bit of a surprise, but people in the ancient world were actually surrounded by some pretty beautiful ...

was the mother of Maurizio Zanella. He has named his most famous and critically acclaimed cuvée for her. A blend of 82% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Nero and 3% Pinot Bianco. Fermented in small casks ...