Nero — "I will burn Rome."

I will burn Rome.
Nero — Nero Contemporary · Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

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Attributed to him as a motive for the Great Fire, reported by Suetonius (though disputed)

Date: 64 AD

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