Rome burned—and an emperor’s legend was forged in the flames. In this episode, we step into the reign of Nero: artist, autocrat, and Rome’s most infamous ruler. From the Great Fire of 64 CE to the golden excess of the Domus Aurea, we explore how spectacle became a tool of power, cruelty became performance, and the city itself became a stage. Was Nero a mad tyrant, a misunderstood artist, or the embodiment of imperial excess? As his world collapses into revolt and ruin, we trace the fall of a dynasty—and the echoes of a legend that still smoulders.