Emperor of ancient Rome, 5th and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (37-68)

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After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.

A large marble vase on a porphyry pedestal. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

Nero, Emperor of Rome. Line engraving, 16--, after A. Sadeler after Titian.

Ruined buildings on the Palatine Hill, Rome, designated as the theatre and palace of Nero. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.

Rome: the tomb of P. Vibius Maranus, popularly known as the tomb of Nero. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

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Nero

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Images about Nero

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After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.

Ruined buildings on the Palatine Hill, Rome, designated as the theatre and palace of Nero. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.

A large marble vase on a porphyry pedestal. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

Nero, Emperor of Rome. Line engraving, 16--, after A. Sadeler after Titian.

Rome: the tomb of P. Vibius Maranus, popularly known as the tomb of Nero. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

Nero

Images from the collections

Images about Nero

Works from the collections

After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.

Ruined buildings on the Palatine Hill, Rome, designated as the theatre and palace of Nero. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.

A large marble vase on a porphyry pedestal. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

Nero, Emperor of Rome. Line engraving, 16--, after A. Sadeler after Titian.

Rome: the tomb of P. Vibius Maranus, popularly known as the tomb of Nero. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

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