The Great Fire of Rome (Latin: Magnum Incendium Romae) was an urban fire that occurred beginning 19 July AD 64.
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... The Great Fire of Rome erupted on the night of 18 July to 19 July 64 ... The fire started at the southeastern end of the Circus Maximus in shops selling flammable goods ... The extent of the fire is uncertain ...
... agree with Tacitus and believe that Nero probably did not cause the fire ... It is postulated that the fire had been intentionally started to create room for Nero's Domus Aurea, but the fire started 1 km (0.6 miles) away from the ... Moreover, the fire destroyed parts of Nero's own palace, the Domus Transitoria ...
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“Let Rome in Tiber melt and the wide arch
Of the ranged empire fall! Here is my space.
Kingdoms are clay; our dungy earth alike
Feeds beast as man. The nobleness of life
Is to do thus; when such a mutual pair
And such a twain can do ‘t, in which I bind,
On pain of punishment, the world to weet
We stand up peerless.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Grandfather, you were the pillar of fire in front of the camp and now we are left in the camp alone, in the dark; and we are so cold and so sad.”
—Noa Ben-Artzi Philosof (b. 1978)