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    Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty (Turning Points in Ancient History)

     
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    Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty (Turning Points in Ancient History)

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    According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19, 64 AD and fiddled while the city burned. 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 describes how it 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.

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    EAN/ISBN:
    9780691172316
    Medium:
    Bound edition
    Number of pages:
    347
    Publication date:
    2020-11-10
    Publisher:
    Princeton Univers. Press
    EAN/ISBN:
    9780691172316
    Medium:
    Bound edition
    Number of pages:
    347
    Publication date:
    2020-11-10
    Publisher:
    Princeton Univers. Press

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