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LGBTQ* History You Should Know (and probably never heard of) NERO - Roman Emperor (37 AD-68 AD) NERO did NOT fiddle while Rome burned. (Fiddles didn’t even exist during this time - and the argument he was playing a lyre is very weak.) NERO DID MARRY A MAN (Sporus) in a legal ceremony in Rome. (Actually, he may have married two men over the course of his life.) Information compiled by: Eskridge, William N. (Oct 1993). “A History of Same-Sex Marriage”. Virginia Law Review 79

LGBTQ* History You Should Know

(and probably never heard of)

NERO - Roman Emperor (37 AD-68 AD)

NERO did NOT fiddle while Rome burned.

(Fiddles didn’t even exist during this time - and the argument he was playing a lyre is very weak.)

NERO DID MARRY A MAN (Sporus) in a legal ceremony in Rome.

(Actually, he may have married two men over the course of his life.)

Information compiled by:

Eskridge, William N. (Oct 1993).

“A History of Same-Sex Marriage”. Virginia Law Review 79

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