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Rome is burning : Nero and the fire that ended a dynasty /

"Nero became Emperor in A.D 54. On the evening of July 18, 64 A. D., it seems that a lamp was left unextinguished in a stall still heaped with piles of combustible material. Whether this was accidental or deliberate we cannot now determine, and normally it would not have led to anything that wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barrett, Anthony, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Colección:Turning points in ancient history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fires in Ancient Rome
  • The Great Fire
  • Responsibility
  • The Christians and the Great Fire
  • The new Rome
  • The significance of the Great Fire
  • Epilogue: The Great Fire as an enduring cultural phenomenon.