The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Roman Empire by Eric Nelson

Author:Eric Nelson
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: DK Publishing

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Veto! The saying that “Nero fiddled while Rome burned” comes from the story that, while observing the flames, Nero donned a dramatic costume and sang “Disco Inferno.” Okay, really it was “The Fall of Troy,” and his own composition. But if he accompanied himself, it would have been on the lyre, not the fiddle (which hadn’t been invented yet).

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Over time, Nero also became increasingly despotic and depraved in his personal life. He was rumored to roam the streets in disguise for fun, mugging, stealing, and sexually assaulting people. (He was once badly beaten up by a senator whose wife he assaulted, and from then on, Nero kept guards close by on these escapades in case things went badly for him.)

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