I am the only one who truly understands beauty.
— Nero Contemporary

Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

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Reported by Suetonius, expressing his artistic arrogance.

Date / Period

c. 54-68 AD

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6401/6401-h/6401-h.htm#link2H_4_0009

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