Legend has it that during the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, which I remember quite well, Emperor Nero fiddled or played the cithara, dressed in theatrical garb as he declaimed a poem on the fall of ...

You've probably accepted these nine occurrences as historical fact—but they're actually totally false, or at least highly ...

'Drill, baby, drill' is comparable to Nero fiddling while Rome burned.

The Trump administration and Republicans who control Congress are moving to reverse the nation’s progress on clean energy, even as China reaps the economic rewards of a growing market. Credit ...

Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service. This is a tragedy for the free world ...

Tempus fugit.” MSNBC’s Michael Steele, the former RNC Chairman, quoted this from Malhuret’s remarks: “Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a buffoon ...

Rome burned while Nero played his fiddle. That is an adage or saying that we can learn a lot from. This is why learning a little history can be important. Nero was the emperor of Rome in 64 AD. It is ...

To the editor — It appears that Rep. Dan Newhouse has adopted the Roman Emperor Nero’s approach to governing: fiddle while the country lurches toward chaos and autocracy. Has anyone actually ...

or Nero for short, was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. And though he was infamous for his indifference toward destruction (though scholars doubt he really played a fiddle while ...

In a direct message to alliance partner the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress chief in Bihar, Krishna Allavaru said on Sunday (March 2, 2025) that the Congress would contest the Assembly ...