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The Great Fire of Rome (Latin: incendium magnum Romae) began on the 18th of July 64 AD. The fire began in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium, Circus Maximus. After six days, the fire was brought under control, but before the damage could be assessed, the fire reignited and burned for another three days.
Nov 13, 2009 · Learn about the great fire of Rome that destroyed much of the city in 64 AD and how Emperor Nero used it to his advantage. Find out the truth behind the legend of Nero fiddling while Rome burned.
Nov 20, 2012 · The web page explores the legend of Nero playing music while Rome was on fire in 64 A.D. It questions the accuracy of the story and the sources that reported it.
Nov 10, 2020 · In Rome Is Burning, distinguished Roman historian Anthony Barrett sets the record straight, providing a comprehensive and authoritative account of the Great Fire of Rome, its immediate aftermath, and its damaging longterm consequences for the Roman world.
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- Anthony A. Barrett
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- Princeton University Press
Nov 19, 2020 · Emperor Nero surveys the damage in Rome after the Great Fire of 64 A.D. One dubious story holds that he blamed, and punished, the city’s Christians for the devastating blaze.
- Diana Preston
The great fire that ravaged Rome in 64 illustrates how low Nero’s reputation had sunk by this time. Taking advantage of the fire’s destruction, Nero had the city reconstructed in the Greek style and began building a prodigious palace—the Golden House—which, had it been finished, would…
The Great Fire of Rome, a six-day inferno, would come to be known as one of the most devastating disasters of the ancient world, leaving a city of splendor in ruins and its people in a state of despair. But what were the true origins of this blaze that tore through the heart of an empire?
