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Popular legend remembers Nero as a playboy who engaged in petty amusements while neglecting the problems of the Roman city and empire, the emperor who metaphorically "fiddled while Rome burned". Because of his excesses and eccentricities, he is traditionally viewed as the second of the so-called Mad Emperors, the first being [[Caligula]]. | Popular legend remembers Nero as a playboy who engaged in petty amusements while neglecting the problems of the Roman city and empire, the emperor who metaphorically "fiddled while Rome burned". Because of his excesses and eccentricities, he is traditionally viewed as the second of the so-called Mad Emperors, the first being [[Caligula]]. | ||
He was encountered by the [[First Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Vicki]] during the events of "[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]". | He was encountered by the [[First Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Vicki]] during the events of "[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]" in the year [[64]]. | ||
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