The ancient ruins of Roman Emperor Nero’s private theater were discovered in Rome, according to multiple reports, giving archaeologists access to a historical site that had eluded them for years.

ROME (CNN) — Ruins of a private theater belonging to the 1st century Roman Emperor Nero have been unearthed in the Italian capital just meters from the Vatican, in what experts are calling an ...

“I am not setting out here to rehabilitate Nero as a blameless man,” curator Thorsten Opper says. “But I have come to the conclusion that almost every single ...

A long-lost theater belonging to an infamous emperor has been discovered under a walled garden in Rome. Archaeologists had been excavating the area of Rome near the Palazzo della Rovere (a palace that ...

The ruins of Emperor Nero’s theater have been uncovered in Rome, Italian officials said. Photo from Soprintendenza Speciale Roma Contrary to legend, Nero probably did not play the fiddle during the ...

Nearly 2,000 years after he held sway over ancient Rome, a notorious emperor is again causing outrage. The reason: Italian authorities approved construction of a massive stage amid the ruins over the ...