Nero:

I will make the gladiators dance for my pleasure.

— Nero Contemporary

Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

Reported by Tacitus, as a display of his cruel entertainment.

c. 54-68 AD

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"I will make the Roman people my slaves."

"I will make the Christians my torches."

"I will make the Senate my puppets."

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"I have never done anything wrong."

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