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Emperor Nero’s theater unearthed steps from the Vatican

By Jenny Goldsberry
Published July 29, 2023 4:51pm ET
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Emperor Nero’s theater unearthed steps from the Vatican
The theater belonging to Rome’s fifth emperor Nero was discovered Thursday just outside the wall of the Vatican. Rome’s Palazzo dei Penitenzieri, otherwise known as the Palazzo della Rovere, has been undergoing renovations on its Renaissance building, where its walled courtyard has been since 2020. Under its courtyard, just west of the Vatican’s St. Peter’s […]


The theater belonging to Rome’s fifth emperor Nero was discovered Thursday just outside the wall of the Vatican.

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