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Besides, what does fiddling while Rome burns mean?

fiddle while Rome burns. To do something trivial and irresponsible in the midst of an emergency; legend has it that while a fire destroyed the city of Rome, the emperor Nero played his violin, thus revealing his total lack of concern for his people and his empire.

Subsequently, question is, where did Nero fiddle while Rome burned? Back to Nero, the story goes that a great fire swept through Rome in 64 AD, and Nero played his fiddle in a villa some miles away, ignoring his duty to the great city.

Keeping this in consideration, did Nero play his fiddle while Rome burned?

The popular legend that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned "is at least partly a literary construct of Flavian propaganda [] which looked askance on the abortive Neronian attempt to rewrite Augustan models of rule." According to Tacitus, Nero was in Antium during the fire.

When did Rome burn to the ground?

July 18, 64 AD