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#51 - Mini-Myth: Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned
Sep 10, 2015
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Did the Roman emperor Nero really fiddle while his glorious city of Rome burned? Politicians may often be bad guys, Buzzkillers, but there’s no good evidence for this level of mania in old Nero. It’s a good story, but that’s all it is, a story.