Days gone by – The suicide of Nero

0 By Guest on July 01st, 2009 Days gone by – The suicide of NeroBy: J. JamesLucius Domituis Ahenobarbus, better known as the Emperor Claudius Nero, committed suicide on this day, 9 June 68 AD after reigning for 14 years. He is probably best but incorrectly remembered today as being the Emperor who “fiddled while Rome burned” in the great fire of 64 AD. (Nero played the lyre not a fiddle.) Christians remember that he used them as scapegoats immediately after the fire to shift the blame. The hi

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