Tradition has is that Nero played a fiddle while Rome burned.
This story is highly speculative.
A fiddle is another name for a violin.
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Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.Nero, if he played an instrument at the time, would have strummed a lyre. However while Rome was burning, it is said that he was inspired to compose a poem describing the burning of Troy. Nothing is mentioned by the ancient writers of him playing an instrument.
Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned. For one, the violin had not been invented in his time. Nero was an artistic person, and it's said that when he found that there was nothing he could do to quench the fire, he was inspired to compose a poem about the burning of Troy. Now, poetry in the ancient world was sung to the accompaniment of a lyre. So that's about all he could do musically.
None of the emperors were responsible for burning down Rome. The misconception is about the emperor Nero who, being helpless in the face of the disaster, spent his time doing trivial things while waiting for reports. In other words, he "fiddled around" while Rome burnt. Besides, Nero's could not possibly have fiddled, because the violin hadn't been invented in his time.