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"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 combusti

A lively and accessible guide to the rich literary, philosophical and artistic achievements of the notorious age of Nero.

Readers interested in ancient (and modern) Rome, urban life, and civic disasters, among other things, will be fascinated by this book.

On the night of July 19, AD 64, a fire began beneath the stands of Rome's great stadium, the Circus Maximus. For more than a week the fire spread, engulfing mos

"Fires of Rome" is the companion work to "Year of the Passover" and covers the early Christian era from the crucifixion of Jesus in A.D. 36 to the destruction o