THE Motaung family has one thing in common with Nero, Rome’s abominable emperor; they both fiddle while Rome is burning. Kaizer Chiefs, owned by Kaizer “Chincha Guluva” Motaung, are about to ...

A rumor had spread of Nero’s behavior during the fire: although he hadn’t fiddled while Rome burned, he had been singing. With Nero’s mother dead and his tutor retired, the emperor was ...

Myth-believers to the end, Bruschini would conclude, the same who believed that foolishness about fiddling while Rome burned and who would fail to appreciate the tragedy of Nero’s final day ...

Modern historians dismiss the legend about Nero fiddling while Rome burned. It’s unlikely the Roman emperor played the fiddle ...

In 64 AD, much of Rome burned down in a huge fire. It was rumoured that Nero had started the blaze, and later accounts claim he played the fiddle while the city burned. This can’t be true since ...

Legend has it that Rome’s 5th emperor Nero played the fiddle while a ... the social-distancing rules to attend a party, fiddling while Rome burned. 3. Bring owls to Athens Meaning: to put ...