Widely criticized after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, the Emperor Nero tried ... which accepted Christianity: 10 years later, it had become the official religion of the Roman Empire.

The Roman emperor Nero is known as one of history’s most brutal and eccentric leaders. He is said to have killed his mother, stepbrother and wives, persecuted Christians and squandered a fortune ...

“But look at the great Christian emperor Constantine ... But what pleased the masses did not always please the Roman elites. When Nero insisted that senators compete along with commoners ...

Sensitive and handsome, Nero (37 – 68 AD / reigned 54 – 68 AD) started out well as emperor. But his early ... Without any heirs, the Roman Empire now had no leader. With the ultimate prize ...

A great fire ravaged Rome in A.D. 64 and, according to an apocryphal story, Nero played a fiddle during it. In A.D. 68, the Praetorian guard, the forces in charge of protecting the emperor ...

Agrippina the Younger was a very important woman in the reigns of three of the earliest Roman emperors. She was the sister of the emperor Caligula, the wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero.

Archaeologists unearthed an ancient Roman structure known as Nero's Theater. Nero was known as an emperor who had an affinity for theater and music, PBS reported. He reigned over Rome from 54-68 AD.