The world-famous amphitheater, built by Vespasian in the years following Nero’s suicide, was apparently named for the more than 100-foot-tall bronze statue of Nero depicted as the sun god—the ...

Brought back from exile, he and his friends would virtually rule Rome in the first years of Nero's reign. The second son of a wealthy family, Seneca was educated in the philosophy of the Sextii.

Instead, it’s named after the Colossus of Nero, a nearly 100-foot-tall bronze statue of (and commissioned by) Emperor Nero. After Nero’s death by suicide in 68 C.E., the statue was transformed ...

Brought back from exile, he and his friends would virtually rule Rome in the first years of Nero's reign. The second son of a wealthy family, Seneca was educated in the philosophy of the Sextii.