Did Nero really say 'I will make the Senate my puppets.'?

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I will make the Senate my puppets.

— Nero Contemporary · Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

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Reported by Suetonius, expressing his contempt for the Senate.

Date: c. 54-68 AD

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