Nero

Papers also examine how Nero’s artistic and building projects were tied to his personal ideology.

: Scholar Brent D. Shaw argues in the Journal of Roman Studies that the idea of Nero systematically persecuting Christians may be a later fiction developed around 100 AD. Papers also examine how Nero’s artistic and building

: Research on Academia.edu argues that Nero was not responsible for the Great Fire of Rome and that his negative portrayal stems from senatorial enemies and early Christian writers. Papers also examine how Nero’s artistic and building

: Studies available on Academia.edu explore how the architecture of Nero's Domus Aurea (Golden House) used astronomical alignments to position him as a "solar" king. Papers also examine how Nero’s artistic and building