Nero ✧ | BEST |

: 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.

: 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. : Studies available on Academia

Recent scholarship often challenges the traditional narrative established by ancient historians like Suetonius and Tacitus , who were often biased toward the Roman elite. : Studies available on Academia

Nero’s reign left a lasting mark on religious history and folklore. : Studies available on Academia

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