His predecessor, Caligula, had performed as a dancer and singer, and planned to take part in tragedies. Of course, the desire for recognition in the musical world on the part of a Roman emperor was not original with Nero. To all appearances, Tacitus and other conservative Romans were more shocked by these actions than by his brutal murders. he inaugurated a more elaborate festival, the "Neronia," which he planned to hold every five years.25 In both he appeared as chief contestant. he instituted, apparently for the first time in Rome, musical competitions after the Hellenic pattern. "The emperor Nero was noted for his love of music, and it is recorded that he played and sang. Nero's notorious reputation often masks the known facts about his passion for music, and above all, his desire to master the Kithara - the large wooden lyre favoured by the professional musicians of both ancient Greece & Rome: My myriad of "Musical Adventures in Time Travel" would not be complete, without exploring the notorious Emperor Nero - the most famous (or rather infamous!) lyre player of antiquity, who we actually know by name! According to the timeless folklore, Nero famously played his lyre to accompany the Lament he sang as Rome burnt in the Great Fire of Rome in 64 CE: whether this event was fact or fiction is irrelevant - the concept of this unique single, is to evoke upon my own lyre, what Nero's famous lament may have actually sounded like.
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