Today I Found Out
Did Nero Really Fiddle When Rome Burned? (2015x115)
Air date: Aug 27, 2015
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→Why Do Supe—“Nero fiddled while Rome burned”—has come to mean a person who is neglecting their duties, probably by doing something frivolous. Nero is painted as an emperor who didn’t care about his people, but it’s likely that he didn’t deserve such a bad reputation. This is extremely similar to the tale of Marie Antoinette- supposedly saying “Let them eat cake!” when hearing of the starving masses.
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