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The chapter explores that in Nero’s time, scandal became commonplace. His image as the emperor who ‘fiddled while Rome burned’ was shaped by rumors, and by historians, poets and biographers. In the aftermath of the Great Fire, the scandal surrounding Lucan and the Pisonian conspiracy was an expression of the massive crisis of the principate at the time. Although modern research rejects Nero’s role as arsonist, this study shows how rumors, narratives, conspiracy theories, and propaganda shape history—even to this day.

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Two Men, One Fire, a Book, a Scandal, and a Conspiracy: The Case of Lucan

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    2025年

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  • Florian Krüpe

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The chapter explores that in Nero’s time, scandal became commonplace. His image as the emperor who ‘fiddled while Rome burned’ was shaped by rumors, and by historians, poets and biographers. In the aftermath of the Great Fire, the scandal surrounding Lucan and the Pisonian conspiracy was an expression of the massive crisis of the principate at the time. Although modern research rejects Nero’s role as arsonist, this study shows how rumors, narratives, conspiracy theories, and propaganda shape history—even to this day.