Fiddles hadn't been invented yet, Chrissy, it's only a fable, just like this entire pathetic impeachment drama.
Yep. Using Fake History to peddle Fake News.
Nero was criticized by contemporaries because of his fondness for singing and playing the cithara. It was said by Tacitus and Suetonius that he sang the “Sack of Ilium” during the catastrophic fire in Rome (the source of the “fiddling while Rome burned” legend).
Suetonius also said that Nero started the fire himself, because he wanted to build a big palace on the property where the fire started. He then blamed the Christians, to cover his tracks.