***New Book***
Rome Is
Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty
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Kindle Edition at https://amzn.to/3nHtrpP
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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