Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181224:22:07:00
Inevitably, he catches the eye of one of the cruelest and most sadistic rulers in roman history. emperor nero. in the summer of '64 a.d., a raging fire burns rome for six days, destroying two-thirds of the city. >> people say that emperor nero started the fire so he could advance his own building projects. >> some of rome needed to catch on fire so that he could build the kinds of temples and things he wanted to honor himself. >> rumors that nero started the fire himself begin to fly. and he needs a scapegoat. >> people already asking a lot of questions about his sanity, his capacity to rule a...