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3 days ago · Reign of Fire is a 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman, starring Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale. The story is set in England in the year 2020, where dragons have replaced humans as the dominant species on Earth.
2 days ago · In the post-apocalyptic film Reign of Fire, Quinn Abercromby (Christian Bale) leads a band of survivors in London, striving to exist amidst the devastation wrought by dragons. These fire-breathing beasts, awakened from centuries-long slumber, have scorched the earth, leaving humanity on the brink of extinction.
4 days ago · Reign of Fire is a 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman, starring Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale. The story is set in England in the year 2020, where dragons have replaced humans as the dominant species on Earth.
2 days ago · Constantine ordered his men to set fire to its gates and scale its walls. He took the town quickly. Constantine ordered his troops not to loot the town and advanced into northern Italy.
3 days ago · Nero, fifth Roman emperor, the emperor Claudius’s stepson and heir, who became infamous for his personal debaucheries and extravagances and, on doubtful evidence, for his burning of Rome and persecutions of Christians. Learn more about the life of Nero here.
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- Rome burned while he was emperor, and the eagerness with which he rebuilt led many to believe that he was responsible for the fire. He tried to shi...
- His father died when Nero was about three. His mother, Julia Agrippina, poisoned her second husband when Nero was 12. She then married her uncle, t...
- Nero built a palace, the Golden House, which was apparently magnificent, but it was so resented by the public and by his successors that it was alm...
- As Nero's behavior became more erratic—he believed that he could sing Gaul into submission—his enemies became bolder. The Senate condemned him to d...
3 days ago · Beginning 213 BC, at the instigation of Li Si and to avoid scholars' comparisons of his reign with the past, Qin Shi Huang ordered most existing books to be burned, with the exception of those on astrology, agriculture, medicine, divination, and the history of the State of Qin.
1 day ago · Lawrence has served as director for four out of five Hunger Games films since Catching Fire. (The first movie was directed by Gary Ross). (The first movie was directed by Gary Ross).
