Agrippina began her quest for power by persuading Claudius to bring back Seneca from exile so that he could become tutor to her own son, Nero, the boy she planned to make an emperor. Gradually ...

When Emperor Claudius died suddenly in A.D. 54, Nero succeeded him to the throne at only 16 years old, leapfrogging over other members of the Julio-Claudian ruling dynasty. Claudius had adopted Ne ...

Nero was the emperor of Rome from A.D. Oct. 13, 54 to June 9, 68 (lived A.D. 37 to 68). He became the ruler of the Roman Empire after the death of his adopted father, the Emperor Claudius.

With her rival out of the way, Agrippina smartly maneuvered to become Claudius’s next wife, unseat Britannicus as heir, and secure succession for Nero. On one occasion, a British king ...

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Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus ruled the Roman Empire from 54 to 68 A.D., according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. He was famous for his affinity for the arts, particularly poetry and music.

Tom Holland’s latest, Pax, starts with the marriage of Nero to the castrated male slave who looked just like his late wife Poppaea, and goes on from there.