(February 13, 2013 at 4:50 pm)catfish Wrote: Fred did it, that explains everything.
Well I did say people's suggestions could be barking mad.
I forgot to include a line from Tacitus's account in my previous post so I'll add it here in case people read it before I edited it with the extra line.
Tacitus Report
Quote:A disaster followed, whether accidental or treacherously contrived by the emperor, is uncertain, as authors have given both accounts, worse, however, and more dreadful than any which have ever happened to this city by the violence of fire.
But all human efforts, all the lavish gifts of the emperor, and the propitiations of the gods, did not banish the sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order. Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace
It looks like Tacitus didn't think the Christians did it so it's likely he wasn't the only one with that opinion.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?
