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

Barrett, Anthony

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Summary: "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 would have attracted even local attention. But there was a gusty wind that night, and the flickering...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2020