She secretly asked him to kill Nero. Instead, the officer betrayed Epicharis and she was captured. Rather than give up the names of her fellow plotters, she killed herself. Not knowing who was ...

Another was his adviser Seneca, who was allegedly involved in a plot to kill Nero. By A.D. 65, mother, stepbrother, and consigliere had all been killed. Nero was free to be Nero. Thus ended the so ...

A speeding driver who killed another motorist and left three people with life-changing injuries has been jailed for more than ...

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 ...

A hoard of 1,368 coins, most of them silver, has been discovered in a pot by a metal detectorist in Worcestershire, a county in England. The hoard was buried around A.D. 55, a time when the Roman ...

After she was killed, he decided to marry his niece, Agrippina. This was a huge mistake. Agrippina only wanted to promote her son, Nero. She persuaded Claudius to disinherit his own son.