Reduced to its essence, a jury trial is little more than a “once upon a time” story about heroes and villains. To prevail in ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

In the decades before the eruption of Vesuvius, Zuchtriegel went on, there was a fashion in the Roman Empire for Greek-language performance, which was established by the emperor Nero, who ruled ...

The story of Emperor Nero is one of the most infamous in the history of the Roman Empire filled with ambition, excess, and controversy. This video traces Nero’s rise to power, key events of his ...

Meet Locusta, the most feared poisoner in ancient Rome—possibly the world’s first recorded serial killer. Employed by Nero and his mother Agrippina, she helped orchestrate the deaths of political ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered what appears to be a smiling ancient Sphinx. With deep sandy eyes and a wide smirk, the statue is probably modelled on the Roman emperor Claudius, the ...

The most recent coin of the 13 came from the reign of Octavian's stepson, the second emperor Tiberius (AD14 to 37).. It was the latter's nephew, the emperor Claudius (10BC to 54AD), who ordered ...

At a recent ceremony in Vichy, France, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, a small, dapper man stepped forward from the crowd to place a wreath at the foot of ...

From Empress Poppea to Emperor Titus, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week. The Dell'Arte Opera ...

The story of “Octavia” itself is pure sword-and-sandal historical real-person-fanfiction. The tyrannical Emperor Nero (bass-baritone Douglas Williams) sets his eye on the visiting Queen ...

St Paul is said to have been beheaded in AD65 by the Roman Emperor Nero. His sarcophagus will be on public view for the foreseeable future but the church is yet to rule out the possibility that one ...

You will also visit the beautifully restored Villa Oplontis, once home to Poppaea, empress and second wife of Roman Emperor Nero. She probably used this as her country residence when not in Rome ...