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.

During the last months of World War 2, when it was evident that Nazi Germany had lost, Adolf Hitler issued a decree that would have surely doomed his own people. In order to avoid benefitting the ...

Silphion cured diseases and made food tasty, but Emperor Nero allegedly consumed the last stalk. Now, a Turkish researcher thinks he’s found a botanical survivor. Professor Mahmut Miski cups a handful ...

The bronze coins were found in a pit inside a complex of tunnels dug during the Great Revolt. Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a hoard of bronze Roman coins in an ...

Bryan Walsh is a senior editorial director at Vox overseeing the climate teams and the Unexplainable and The Gray Area podcasts. He is also the editor of Vox’s Future Perfect section and writes the ...

This week in New York City, I moderated a panel at Climate Week, a global gathering of leaders from government, business, finance, and civil society. Entitled “When the Mississippi River Runs Low – ...

Growing up in a suburban utopia outside of Houston, I wanted for little. Ours was a community of deeply religious, hardworking oil-and-gas men and women, beautiful families with manicured lawns, ...

Less violent than the gladiators, chariot racing was still an extreme, dangerous sport, in which drivers could die. The teams attracted fierce passions from their supporters. The Circus Maximus ...

Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text showing the oldest known devotion to Christianity north of the Alps. Computer technology helped unravel the mystery of the text ...

Nero and Seneca, by Eduardo Barrón (1904). Source: Wikimedia commons/E Barrón/public domain. Tyranny is back on the table, but the ancients thought hard about how to avoid it. One of their most ...

Severe drought has been a concern in recent years as extreme heat and low water levels have devastated nature, wildlife and businesses. As major rivers and waterways have dried up, various intriguing ...