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Rome Is Burning - Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty (Paperback)
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Rome Is Burning - Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty (Paperback)
Series: Turning Points in Ancient History
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Loot Price R429
Discovery Miles 4 290
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Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of
Rome's Great Fire-and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman
Empire According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his
majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19, AD 64 and
fiddled while the city burned. It's a story that has been told for
more than two millennia-and it's likely that almost none of it is
true. 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. Drawing on remarkable new archaeological discoveries and
sifting through all the literary evidence, he tells what is known
about what actually happened-and argues that the disaster was a
turning point in Roman history, one that ultimately led to the fall
of Nero and the end of the dynasty that began with Julius Caesar.
Rome Is Burning tells how the fire destroyed much of the city and
threw the population into panic. It describes how it also destroyed
Nero's golden image and provoked a financial crisis and currency
devaluation that made a permanent impact on the Roman economy. Most
importantly, the book surveys, and includes many photographs of,
recent archaeological evidence that shows visible traces of the
fire's destruction. Finally, the book describes the fire's
continuing afterlife in literature, opera, ballet, and film. A
richly detailed and scrupulously factual narrative of an event that
has always been shrouded in myth, Rome Is Burning promises to
become the standard account of the Great Fire of Rome for our time.
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