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there's a BBC docudrama where Michael Sheen played Nero. When Rome burns, before Nero has revealed his plan to rebuild, the guys on the senate are talking about moving the capital to a different city. Was that ever seriously considered after the Great Fire of Rome?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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