[DOC] [TLE] The Burning of Rome, 64 AD - EyeWitness to History [PAR] During the night of July 18, 64 AD, fire broke out in the merchant area of the city 
of Rome. ... When the conflagration finally ran its course it left seventy percent of 
the city in ... In fact, Nero rushed to Rome from his palace in Antium (Anzio) and 
ran about the city all that ... So did others, who had failed to rescue their loved 
ones. [DOC] [TLE] Did Nero really fiddle while Rome burned? - Ask History [PAR] Nov 20, 2012 ... In July of 64 A.D., a great fire ravaged Rome for six days, destroying 70 percent of the city and leaving half its population homeless.
 According to a well-known expression, Romes emperor at the time, the decadent and unpopular Nero, fiddled while Rome burned.. [DOC] [TLE] Nero's Rome burns - Jul 18, 64 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, Nero's Rome burns on Jul 18, 64. Learn more about ... 
topic. Nero  Nero, Ancient Rome news. Did Nero really fiddle while Rome 
burned? [DOC] [TLE] Great Fire of Rome - Wikipedia [PAR] The Great Fire of Rome was an urban fire that started on the night between 18 
and 19 July in the year 64 AD. It caused widespread devastation, before being 
brought under control after six days. Differing accounts either blame Emperor 
Nero for initiating the fire or credit ... The fire was said to have been caused by the 
already unpopular Christians. [DOC] [TLE] Nero Didn't Fiddle While Rome Burned - Today I Found Out [PAR] Jul 1, 2013 ... Myth: Nero played music while Rome burned to the ground. ... Back to Nero, the 
story goes that a great fire swept through Rome in 64 AD, and Nero played his 
fiddle in a villa ... In truth, there was such a fire, though its extent is unknown. ... 
though Seneca did say the fire lasted six days, as Tacitus stated. [DOC] [TLE] The Great Fire of Rome | Background | Secrets of the Dead | PBS [PAR] Though the infamous emperor Nero ruled Rome for less than two decades, his ... 
On the night of July 19, 64 A.D., a fire broke out among the shops lining the 
Circus ... as very inappropriate on the part of the elite in Rome, says art historian 
Eric Varner. .... Looks like Nero was tanning, rather than fiddling, while Rome 
burned. [DOC] [TLE] "Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned"  Classical Journal 42:211217 ... [PAR] Nov 17, 2013 ... A paper by Mary Francis Gyles on whether Nero did or didn't, and where the 
fiddle ... On examination its usage is found to hinge upon the meaning of the 
word fiddle. ... In the year 64 A.D., a devastating fire occurred in Rome.31 The ... 
Following Suetonius, apparently, he says, "The emperor himself viewed... [DOC] [TLE] The Great Fire of Rome (Bible History Online) [PAR] In a hot July summer of 64 A.D., a fire broke out near the Capena Gate (the ... The 
fire burned for nine days, leaving 10 out of its 14 regions in ruins, with the ... It did 
not take long for the people to realize that Nero was a tyrant. ... According to the 
Roman historian Suetonius, Nero sang and played the lyre while Rome burned. [DOC] [TLE] Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned? | REPUBLK [PAR] Jul 19, 2012 ... Rome, before the fire of 64 A.D. during the reign of Nero, was far ... city).2 
Historian J.B. Ward-Perkins said Archaic Rome had shared with its... [DOC] [TLE] Emperor Nero: Facts & Biography - Live Science [PAR] Oct 8, 2013 ... And he did not "fiddle while Rome burned," but he may have started the fire. ... 
Nero (A.D. 37-68) became emperor of the Roman Empire after the death of his ... 
he started the great fire of Rome in A.D. 64 so that he could re-build the city 
center. .... Ancient writers say Nero killed her with a kick

Question: It's said Nero did this "while Rome burned" in 64 A.D.
Answer: fiddled