When the 30-year-old emperor’s crazed world exploded in A.D. 68, and he ordered a subject to drive a knife through his ... Nero. By A.D. 65, mother, stepbrother, and consigliere had all been killed.

He is said to have killed his mother, stepbrother and wives ... Nero built a giant palace – but it was never finished After the great fire, Nero built an enormous palace spanning two hills.

A hoard of 1,368 coins, most of them silver, has been discovered in a pot by a metal detectorist in Worcestershire, a county ...

Brought back from exile, he and his ... As one of Nero's key advisors, Seneca had condoned (or may even have been involved in) the emperor's murder of his own mother. After repeated requests ...