Episode #2 - Did Nero Really Fiddle As Rome Burned?

Our Fake History

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Society & Culture, Education, History

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The "Great Fire" of 64 AD was the 9/11 of the ancient world, complete with it's own "truther" conspiracy. Could Emperor Nero actually have been behind the great fire? Did he play the fiddle as Rome burned? Listen and find out how murderous oarsmen, zombie emperors, human street lamps, the number of the beast, and something called "pseudo-neros" all fit into the story!
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0:44.5	The great fire that swept through Rome in 64 AD
0:48.2	was the 9-11 of the ancient world.
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