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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. 'A thorough, high-quality work on Emperor Nero and the fire that destroyed Rome in 64 CE...Sure to be the most enduring treatment of this major historical event for some time.' - Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewProduct Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-139780691172316
eBay Product ID (ePID)13046551417
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty
Publication Year2020
SubjectArchaeology, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorAnthony A. Barrett
SeriesTurning Points in Ancient History
Dimensions
Item Height235 mm
Item Width155 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorAnthony A. Barrett