Netflix’s newest French series Néro the Assassin has become a surprise hit with viewers since its release on October 8. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...