days thousands will die when the smoke clears three quarters of the city will lay in ruins. according to legend the apostle peter was in rome at the same time to supervise the city's fledgling christian community. later he would go down in the annals of the catholic church is the first bishop of rome. with. another natori as legend emperor nero himself started the fire as an excuse to rebuild rome to his own liking and to rename the city mirabilis and that's not all. the mad megalomaniac watched the conflagration from his palace on the palatine you know merrily singing and playing his life. in need of a scapegoat he blamed the fire on the christians so many indiscriminately and