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Nero & the Fire of Rome



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Nero & The Great Fire of Rome

The Great Fire of Rome broke out in the shops around the Circus Maximus (chariot stadium) and almost destroyed the entire city.

Since a majority of the city's buildings were made of wood the fire spread quickly. It completely leveled III of XIV 'suburbs', severely damaged VII suburbs and left only IV areas untouched. The fire also destroyed Emperor Nero's palace and several important temples.

Historians differ on how long the fire lasted but the common view is that it burnt for V days & VI nights.

Nero went on to build new palace complex and to make new laws to ensure buildings were made out of marble & stone, the streets were widened and water was made available throughout the entire city. The debris from the fire was used to fill in marshes around the city which stopped the spread of the disease malaria.

An urban myth states, 'Nero fiddled while Rome burned'. This cannot be true since the violin was not invented for another M years after the fire. Plus Roman historians place Nero in another part of the country at the time of the fire.

NB An anachronism is something out of place in time.

 

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