[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. ... If Nero actually did 
play a stringed instrumentand there's no evidence that he did, whether during 
the burning of Rome or otherwiseit was probably a lyre or... [DOC] [TLE] "Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned"  Classical Journal 42:211217 ... [PAR] Nov 17, 2013 ... 1 The verb, as given by the same dictionary, means to play a fiddle. ... The phrase 
"Nero fiddled while Rome burned" is used to express both these ... the cithara 
and the lyre.6 The two instruments were similar but not identical, .... on the cithara
; second, that if he sang during the burning of Rome, he probably... [DOC] [TLE] Nero - Wikipedia [PAR] Nero was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian 
dynasty. Nero was ... During his reign, the redoubtable general Corbulo 
conducted a successful war and negotiated peace with the ..... It is not known 
how much Nero knew or if he was even involved in the death of Claudius. .... In 
64, Rome burned. [DOC] [TLE] Did Nero really fiddle while Rome was burned? - Quora [PAR] Probably not. According to Great Fire of Rome, which lists the original sources 
that we have: ... Nero sang and played his lyre from a private stage. ... But if it's 
your insulae that gets torn down so the road is straighter, future safety is cold ... 
No he did not for the plain fact that fiddles, violins etc weren't invented at that time
. [DOC] [TLE] Nero - snopes.com [PAR] And I have actually often heard that he had played the harp or lyre (which ... in 
setting the fire, the playing of music as the fire burned is not impossible. ... 
Contrary to belief, he never "fiddled while Rome burned. ... Nero lived from 37 to 
68 C.E. A little hard, I would imagine, to fiddle decades before your birth. [DOC] [TLE] Classroom Jeopardy! 3000th Game Special Jeopardy Review Game ... [PAR] If someone wins a game, the word matches this number. What is 1? #2 ... It was 
probably a lyre, not a fiddle if he played it while Rome burned. Who is Nero? #2. [DOC] [TLE] Church History: Rome Burned, But Nero Never Fiddled - Timothy ... [PAR] Jul 23, 2016 ... Yet these measures, for all their popular character, earned no gratitude. ... to be 
being executed not for the good of the public but because of the ferocity of one 
man. ... Nero probably didn't play the lyre or flute during these events either. ... 
Church History: Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned? You've... [DOC] [TLE] While Rome Burns - TV Tropes [PAR] The trope is named after Roman Emperor Nero, who is purported to have been 
singing and playing his lyre (not what we call the "fiddle" despite Pop-Cultural... [DOC] [TLE] Is the phrase, "Nero fiddled while Rome burned" historically accurate? [PAR] Probably not, given that the fiddle was not invented until a thousand years later. 
... suggesting that Nero rejoiced in Rome's burning like a mad man are based on 
... a song about the sack of Troy, accompanying himself with a lyre, during the fire
. ... the story that "Nero fiddled (or rather played the lyre) while Rome burned" is... [DOC] [TLE] Did Nero really play the fiddle while Rome burned? | HowStuffWorks [PAR] Some rumors speculated that Nero himself had set the fire, others that he had 
ordered it. ... In other words, it's impossible that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. [DOC] [TLE] Formerly The Fun Fact Of The Day: Fiddle-dee-dee. Fire, Fire, Fire ... [PAR] Dec 30, 2010 ... "We don't need no water, let the motherf*@#er burn!" ... again, I think a ukulele is 
just a tiny (awesome) guitar, so I'm probably not the best judge

Question: It was probably a lyre, not a fiddle, if he played it while Rome burned
Answer: Nero