Rome Burns, Arson Suspected

Rumors are buzzing too loudly to be ignored today on July 23, 64 A.D. as the news spreads like wildfire about how Nero could actually be behind the fire that destroyed so much.

Since five days ago, a fire has been raging through Rome and left hundreds dead and thousands devastated. Although Rome has faced many fires before, none have been quite as destructive or powerful. Although it has been put out know, the skepticism of Roman citizens still remains and is now lingering around creating rumors. The reason behind these suspicions is that Nero’s claim on the cause of the fire seems very hard to believe. He claims that Christians purposely started the whole fire as a form of revenge. But knowing how Christians are, we can’t imagine that they would ever do something so cruel out of spite. Not only did this offend Christians, but also made us dislike Nero even more, as we are almost sure that he is blatantly lying, especially knowing what we already do about what kind of person Nero is.

Now, so much of Rome is destroyed. Many are dead and so much land and property has been reduced to nothing but ashes. This is much too cruel of a crime for Christians or any sane person to purposely commit. It seems it would almost be the “perfect crime” for Nero to commit. It will really take a long time for Rome to heal and recover from this. It would make sense if his motivation was his hate for Christians to blame them. Do you think Nero started the fire? Tell us your thoughts.

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