Who fiddled while Rome burnt?

Question

Who fiddled while Rome burnt?

Answer 1

It's all bunkum. The lie was spread many years later by Nero's enemies, because he supposedly blamed the Christians for the great fire.

What is true is that he rebuild the previously highly inflammable Rome, that had many wooden buildings, with new brick and marble.

Just a technical point: the "fiddle" had not even been invented at the time. If anything he would have played the "lyre", a sort of harp, which was one of his passions.

Answer 2

oooh err ! missus

Gotta be Frankie Howerd! lol

Answer 3

On the subject of Roman Fiddlers,

Do you know know that Nicolo Paganini suffered from priapism?  

Answer 4

Nero.  Also known as Peter Ustinov.

Answer 5

Nero.  Or so the legend goes.  There is no proof.

Answer 6

Nero: He is known for a number of executions, including those of his mother[4] and adoptive brother: as the emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned":