a mediator between the people and the gods and he seemed angry. nero was also commander of the vigilance rome's force of police and firefighters and office traditionally held by the emperor and one taken very seriously by his predecessors people expected the emperor to rush to the scene of the fire with nero couldn't he was an anti and get details didn't interest the public which felt betrayed by nero . his efforts to oversee firefighting operations were praised but they came too late. pushed him beyond orms good. or nero lost a great deal of his capital among the population. and because he was very very late arriving back in rome after hearing about the fire so look the whole thing and though he then assumed control of the rescue and reconstruction efforts people