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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.
On July 18, 64 C.E., a fire started in the enormous Circus Maximus stadium in Rome, now the capital of Italy. When the fire was finally extinguished six days later, 10 of Rome’s 14 districts had burned. Ancient historians blamed Rome’s infamous emperor, Nero, for the fire.
Nov 13, 2009 · 64. Nero’s Rome burns. The great fire of Rome breaks out and destroys much of the city beginning on July 18 in the year 64. Despite the well-known stories, there is no evidence that the Roman...
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?
Jul 7, 2014 · The Great Fire of Rome. The city burned on 18 July AD 64. Of the early Roman emperors, Nero alone rivalled Caligula in his reputation for sheer unbridled viciousness. Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 64 Issue 7 July 2014. The Fire of Rome, by Hubert Robert, 1785. Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux/Wiki Commons.
Jul 6, 2012 · Roman. The Great Fire of Rome: what happened? Dominic Sandbrook explores what happened in Rome on 19 July AD 64. Published: July 6, 2012 at 4:37 PM. Nobody knew how the Great Fire of Rome started. Some blamed arsonists, others the strange new religious sect from the Levant. Some even pointed the finger at the emperor himself.
