I will make the Christians my torches.
— Nero Contemporary

Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

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Context

Reported by Tacitus, regarding the persecution after the Great Fire

Date / Period

64 AD

Category

Controversial

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1178/1178-h/1178-h.htm

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