Did Nero really say 'I will make the Christians my torches.'?

Nero Quote Source & Citation:

I will make the Christians my torches.

— Nero Contemporary · Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

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Reported by Tacitus, regarding the persecution after the Great Fire

Date: 64 AD

Religious

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