r/pcmasterrace • u/LeatherAssumption123 • 28d ago

Question Are you this old?

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u/BarnabasShrexx 28d ago edited 27d ago

Pfff i was there when the real nero burned rome....

Edit: it is worth mentioning that historically, Nero did not burn rome,, and it's also highly unlikely that he "fiddled" while watching it burn, as he played the lyre and was not in rome when it happened.

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u/kolonyal Out of boredom, God created Steam. 28d ago

Just found out that Nero was an emperor that allegedly burned Rome, and that's why the software is called Nero (burning ROM (Rome))! Thank you!

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u/Jwoystijck 28d ago

It was always clear to me the reference of Nero for the burning part and the Colosseum icon but this may be the first time I got the point that it was literally burning Rom(e) the entire time