Netflix’s French action drama series ‘Néro the Assassin’ or ‘Néro’ is a tale of courage, magic, faith, and family. Created by ...

Nero (Another Golden Rome): Drama. By Steven Sater. Music by Duncan Sheik. Directed by Beth F. Milles. (Through April 8. Magic Theatre, Building D, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Two hours, 10 ...

Nero, who was enthroned in Rome in 54 A.D., at the age of sixteen, and went on to rule for nearly a decade and a half, developed a reputation for tyranny, murderous cruelty, and decadence that has ...

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 ...

This story appears in the September 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Underneath Rome’s Oppian Hill, today a modest public park marred by unclever graffiti, where young men idly kick around ...

Rome’s hardball politics were off-limits to women, yet this great-granddaughter of Augustus won power for herself and her son, Nero, who would later have her murdered. Agrippina’s portraits often ...