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Ruler who died before the fiddle's invention (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nero

(Other definitions for nero that I've seen before include "He's reported to have fiddled while Rome burned" , "Roman emperor who fiddled while Rome burned" , "Emperor (who fiddled while Rome burned?) d. AD68" , "Emperor said to have fiddled as Rome burned" , "Fiddling Roman emperor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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