The long-lost ruins of Roman Emperor Nero's private theater were discovered this week, solving a mystery that had stumped archeologists for decades. The ruins are believed to be where the infamous ...

An aerial view of the excavation site, where archaeologists found what they think are the ruins of Emperor Nero's theater Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma Archaeologists working near the Vatican think ...

In his dark historical comedy “Seneca,” Robert Schwentke explores themes of power, corruption and hypocrisy as he traces the fateful final days of the Roman philosopher and dramatist that followed his ...

ROME (CNN) — Ruins of a private theater belonging to the 1st century Roman Emperor Nero have been unearthed in the Italian capital just meters from the Vatican, in what experts are calling an ...

A strikingly beautiful young man was forcefully castrated and made to live in an emperor’s palace as his “queen” draped in veils. The story is so dark, fantastical, and profoundly queer it seems ...

Rome experienced some of its greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a murderous psychopath to a depraved tyrant. Is it time to reexamine this ...

The theater belonging to Rome’s fifth emperor Nero was discovered Thursday just outside the wall of the Vatican. Rome’s Palazzo dei Penitenzieri, otherwise known as the Palazzo della Rovere, has been ...

A long-lost theater belonging to an infamous emperor has been discovered under a walled garden in Rome. Archaeologists had been excavating the area of Rome near the Palazzo della Rovere (a palace that ...