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[CornerPeaTime]

Wow, History Channel, talk about a POORLY researched docu. 1. Nero was not in Rome when the city burned, he arrived 3 days later and did everything to stop it. 2. There is no proof that he "kicked his pregnant wife to death" and 3. It is most likely that followers of the Cult of Isis (Egyptians) were blamed for the fire, not Christians...come one, a bit more in depth and accuracy....

[AlexiusMoore]

@CornerPeaTime That was one historians view, Tacticus, a guy who suspiciously only had praises for Nero while everyone else was calling him a tyrant. I mean Tacticus even says that Nero rushed into the city without any bodyguard and tried to rescue people, clearly that don't sit straight, and Tacticus is obviously lying

Many other sources claim that it was Nero indeed who set the fire.

But then again we only know what we are told

[AmidalaEmma]

@CornerPeaTime I know! i did a paper on nero, he didnt "play he lyre while it burned! he directed relief efforts! maybe he built some crazy building after the fire, but he probably didnt start it.

[TheReecerPiecer]

@CornerPeaTime And to top it off they don't even talk about the "Year of the Four Emperors"....they just go right into Vesppasian

[liquifex]

@CornerPeaTime Slow down armchair Historian....that's a minor fact. He was still considered by many to have started the fire. There or not, it's irrelevant - but what they gave was one 'theory'. And theories are ALL they have. No one knows exactly what happened. And also, yes, another theory was him kicking his pregnant wife. So, settle down...the main, important facts are there. These people have more historic knowledge in their middle finger than you will have in your life.

[SuRihtanil]

@a7x107bFmV It was you that set the fire imo

[a7x107bFmV]

I was there, he set it on fire.

[neobootsonious]

Nero died with his loyal (gay) boytoy slave by his side.

[neobootsonious]

Oh yeah...Nero's as gay as Liberace.

[VeritasGospel]

Nero was a very theatrical character, very selfish, very sensual, cruel, and had mother issues. Very homo sounding to me.

[harolze]

It's more probable that Christians set the fire than Nero. Agrippina Nero's mother, was plotting to kill Nero and put Britannicus (Nero's step brother) on the throne. Knowing what kind of she-wolf she was - killing mother hurt much more Nero, than killing son had hurt Agrippina - wise move. Nero's palace didn't take third of a Rome. It was more like new city center - most of it was for public use. Very few also knows that Nero was probably first ruler in history who tried to ban death penalty.

[Marine4Life205]

@CornerPeaTime DO you have any articles to support the theory that it was the Egyptians who started the fire? This is certainly the first time i've ever heard that hypothesis.