Talk:Nero
The 'fiddle' reference has got nothing to do with violins.[change source]
"It is hard to imagine Roman history without Nero 'fiddling while Rome burned' (more precisely, irresponsibly playing his lyre while the city destroyed in a vast blaze in 64 CE)." - Mary Beard, SPQR, pp. 398. Ljredux (talk) 14:32, 9 January 2023 (UTC)