Person: Emperor Nero

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What did the Romans ever do for us?

Kim Cattrall says she had a hoot making the film version of Horrible Histories, the hugely popular kids’ books, writes Georgia Humphreys.

Fri, 19 Jul, 2019

Donald Trump is more psychopathic than Hitler, says study

US presidential candidate Donald Trump possesses stronger psychopathic tendencies than Adolf Hitler, a study has suggested.

Wed, 24 Aug, 2016

In the Eternal City hoping for a brush with a Caravaggio

Conor Power dodges the pigeons as he pounds the pavements of the Eternal City while visiting its churches and chapels on the trail of the fast and furious Caravaggio — famed as both genius and sociopath.

Sat, 18 Oct, 2014

Blood and mayhem in ‘Quo Vadis’

All things Roman seem to be flavour of the month and ‘Quo Vadis’ (Liberation, €24.99) follows in the wake of others, as General Marcus Vinicus falls in love with a Christian as the neurotic Emperor Nero (Klaus Maria Brandauer) sets fire to the city and blames the Christians.

Fri, 03 Aug, 2007