Dear Editor,
Even though regarded by historians as popular legend, in 64 AD, while a great fire ravaged the city of Rome for six days, the Emperor Nero allegedly played his ‘fiddle’ thus revealing a total lack of concern for his people and his empire. I surmise this report of Nero’s disdainful behavior has stood the test of time because it conjures up such portentous imag...
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