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  2. Nero and the Burning of Rome - Wikipedia

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    During this upheaval, Nero overturns a lamp, which leads to the burning of Rome. This he blames on the Christians and orders a general persecution, in which Acte dies. When the populace eventually rises against him, Nero takes refuge with one of his freedmen and is killed by a slave. [5]

  3. Great Fire of Rome - Wikipedia

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    Nero watched from his palace on the Palatine Hill, singing and playing the lyre. [25] Nero openly sent out men to set fire to the city. Nero watched from the Tower of Maecenas on the Esquiline Hill while singing. [26] Nero sent out men to set fire to the city. There were unconfirmed rumors that Nero sang from a private stage during the fire. [27]

  4. List of films set in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Fall of Rome (Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire – Episode Six) 2006 docudrama about the sack of Rome by Alaric's Visigoths The Last Legion: 2007 loosely inspired by the 5th-century collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the legendary-fantastic elements from the history of Britain (dir. by Doug Lefler), with Colin Firth and ...

  5. Category:Depictions of Nero on film - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Movie – Rotten Romans ... Nero (1909 film) Nero (1922 film) Nero and the Burning of Rome; Nero's Mistress; Nerone (1930 ...

  6. Quo Vadis (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Nero is composing a poem about the burning of Troy, and expresses regret at never having seen a real city burning. Later, the courtiers are shocked when news comes that Rome is aflame . Vinicius rides back to Rome to save Lygia, and Peter baptizes him on the spot after he rescues Lygia and him from the flames.

  7. Nero (2004 film) - Wikipedia

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    In the film Nero is shown to have a fixation on playing the harp, which is only partly true. In a late part of the movie Nero is shown playing his harp in the center of a Roman Theatre as Emperor around 62 A.D. This is fiction, because Nero never played his harp in front of a large audience. He usually played it in isolation or within a small ...

  8. Nero’s theater — where audience may have sat on ‘pain of ...

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    The Roman elite despised Emperor Nero’s “artistic endeavors,” a historian said. Nero’s theater — where audience may have sat on ‘pain of death’ — discovered in Rome Skip to main ...

  9. Nero in the arts and popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Nero AG and its products Nero, Nero Digital, Nero Burning ROM (add an -E to ROM), Nero ShowTime, and features a pictogram of a burning Rome. [4] Fate/Extra, Fate/Extella and Fate/Grand Order: A female version of Nero serves as a playable character that the players avatar can interact with. Ryse: Son of Rome: Nero plays as the