This event may have happened to make room for the Domus Aurea.
This event may have happened to make room for the Domus Aurea. This event was blamed on early Christians, leading to their 64 CE persecution. According to Tacitus, this event began near the Palatine Hill while the (*) emperor was in Antium. For ten points, name this disaster that destroyed a prosperous Italian city, legendarily while Nero either played a lyre or fiddled.
This event may have happened to make room for the Domus Aurea.
Great Fire of Rome (accept descriptions like Rome burning)