Most people know Nero as the Mad Emperor of Rome—but he was so much more unhinged than most people even realize. From his numerous chaotic weddings (in one of which he was the bride) to his ruthless ...

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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 ...

In his victory speech in November, Donald Trump made a promise: And every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family and your future, every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath ...

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with sycophants ...

A speech attacking President Donald Trump and Elon Musk by French Senator Claude Malhuret is going viral. It comes as the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, in a prime-time address Wednesday urged ...

The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently uncovered a chunk of Egyptian blue ingot, an example of the opulence of the palace itself.

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