Did Nero really say 'I will make the rivers flow with milk and honey.'?

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I will make the rivers flow with milk and honey.

— Nero Contemporary · Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

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Reported by Dio Cassius, as an extravagant and unrealistic promise.

Date: c. 54-68 AD

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