The Roman emperor Nero ranks among the most infamous rulers ... But even if Nero did play music while Rome was burning, he would not have used a fiddle, as bowed instruments would not become ...

The ruins of Emperor Nero’s theater have been uncovered in Rome, Italian officials said. Photo from Soprintendenza Speciale Roma Contrary to legend, Nero probably did not play the fiddle during ...

The ruins of Emperor Nero’s theater have been uncovered in Rome, Italian officials said ... happily fiddling against the backdrop of a burning city. Tacitus, an ancient historian, wrote that ...

although he hadn’t fiddled while Rome burned, he had been singing. With Nero’s mother dead and his tutor retired, the emperor was beyond anyone’s control. Rome was now victim to the ...

Nero has gone down in history as one of Rome's cruelest and most sadistic emperors. And indeed, he certainly enjoyed a very unsavory reputation as a ruler who brought about the deaths of several ...

The ruins of Emperor Nero’s theater have been uncovered in Rome, Italian officials said. Photo from Soprintendenza Speciale Roma Contrary to legend, Nero probably did not play the fiddle during ...

The ruins of Emperor Nero’s theater have been uncovered in Rome, Italian officials said. Photo from Soprintendenza Speciale Roma Contrary to legend, Nero probably did not play the fiddle during ...

Further, ancient Rome lacked the political infrastructure to enshrine Nero’s enlightened fire protocols into law; despite his attempt to make high-rises safer, Emperor Trajan, one of Nero’s ...

ROME, ITALY Christians have been persecuted throughout history and are still getting kicked around in some parts of the world, but their worst tribulations were under the Roman emperors who did ...

Contrary to legend, Nero probably did not play the fiddle during the Great Fire of Rome. But his passion for music — among other performing arts — appears to have been real, as supported by ...