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08/10/21 8:14 PM

#381400 RE: blackhawks #381394

DeSantis is obviously guilty of human sacrifice for political, financial or ideological reasons. I don't think that's open to argument. Not funny, still

On Nero, fwiw, and isn't important, just saying (you likely know) the story is open to question.

Jul 18, 64 CE: Great Fire of Rome

On July 18, 64 CE, a fire started in Rome. When the fire was extinguished six days later, more than 70% of the city was in ruins.

Nero Fiddles While Rome Burns

The popular myth that "Nero fiddled while Rome burned" is not true—even in the first century CE, Rome was filled with poorly constructed slums that easily caught fire.


Illustration by M. de Lipman, from Quo Vadis, Nero and the burning of Rome (1897)

With links

On July 18, 64 CE, a fire started in the enormous Circus Maximus stadium in Rome, now the capital of Italy. When the fire was finally extinguished six days later, 10 of Rome’s 14 districts had burned.

Ancient historians blamed Rome’s infamous emperor, Nero, for the fire. One historian said Nero was playing the fiddle while his city went up in flames. Other historians say Nero wanted to raze the city so he could build a new palace. Nero himself blamed a rebellious new cult—the Christians.

Most modern historians don’t blame Nero for the Great Fire of Rome. Ancient Rome was a city of one million people. A fire in one home could quickly engulf the entire block.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/jul18/great-fire-rome/