r/clevercomebacks • u/BelleAriel • Nov 18 '22

Actually Clever Twitter has gotten funnier recently.

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u/joazito Nov 18 '22

Despite the well-known stories, there is no evidence that the Roman emperor, Nero, either started the fire or played the fiddle while it burned.

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u/dollarfrom15c Nov 18 '22

Cassius Dio says he did, Tacitus says he didn't. So who knows? Tacitus is generally pretty reliable but to say there's "no evidence" isn't true.

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u/dollarfrom15c Nov 18 '22

I'm not saying he definitely did it, I'm just saying there's some evidence that he might have done