Nero:

I will make the rivers flow with milk and honey.

— Nero Contemporary

Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

Reported by Dio Cassius, as an extravagant and unrealistic promise.

c. 54-68 AD

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"I will make the Christians my torches."

"I will make the gladiators dance for my pleasure."

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