The legend surrounding the Roman Emperor Nero is that he started a fire that burned most of Rome - and played the fiddle while it was happening. Historians doubt that the story is true ...

A rumor had spread of Nero’s behavior during the fire: although he hadn’t fiddled while Rome burned, he had been singing. With Nero’s mother dead and his tutor retired, the emperor was ...

Myth-believers to the end, Bruschini would conclude, the same who believed that foolishness about fiddling while Rome burned and who would fail to appreciate the tragedy of Nero’s final day ...

In 64 AD, much of Rome burned down in a huge fire. It was rumoured that Nero had started the blaze, and later accounts claim he played the fiddle while the city burned. This can’t be true since ...

Taking swipes at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday likened him to "Nero who played the fiddle while Rome burned". Speaking at a ...