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Is the myth of Nero playing the fiddle while rome burned down true?
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The fiddle wasn't invented for another 1,500 years.
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This city burned while Nero sat and played his fiddle?
Rome. But Nero was not playing a fiddle, that is a complete myth.
What instrument did Nero play while Rome was burning?
Tradition has is that Nero played a fiddle while Rome burned. This story is highly speculative. A fiddle is another name for a violin.
Did Nero play the lyre while rome was burning?
According to legend, Nero, although the more famous version states that he played the fiddle while Rome burned (although the fiddle hadn't been invented yet).
Who was said to have played the fiddle while rome burnt?
No Roman emperor played the fiddle while Rome burned. There is a misconception that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned due to a misinterpretation of a line in a historical work dating from the Victorian era. The author said Nero was "fiddling around", meaning that he was doing trivial things to keep occupied while waiting for reports of the fire to come in. The uneducated jumped on this and the rumor began, despite the fact that the violin had not even been invented in Nero's time.
Legend says that the emperor Nero played a fiddle miles from Rome while the city?
That legend is just that, an urban legend about Nero. Nero never played the fiddle while Rome burned. For one the violin had not been invented in Nero's time. He did play his lyre and try to compose a poem about the burning of Troy during the fire, but this was out of a sense of frustration and helplessness, as he could do nothing to check the fire.
Who was the cruel and insane ruler who is given credit for playing a stringed instrument while Rome burned?
Nero
What does Nero fiddled while Rome burned mean?
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.
Who fiddles while Rome burned?
Nobody. The fiddle or violin had not been invented at that time. You are probably thinking of the emperor Nero who played his lyre and sang about the burning of Troy as he helplessly watched the fire.
Did the Roman Emperor Nero play his violin while rome burned?
Emperor Nero.
What Roman Emperor fiddled while Rome burned?
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.
When did Nero fiddle?
It's an expression to show that Nero was a terrible, selfish emperor of Rome. The expression is "When Rome was burning, Nero fiddled." Rome had a huge fire and burned down while Nero was the leader and he did nothing to help the cause and was very interested in the arts and played the violin so they came up with that statement to show how much he didn't care about the people.
Who is said to have played the lute while his capital burned?
Nero
