Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Understanding where the fire of 68 AD took place

Scholars are still debating on where took place the fire that destroyed Rome under Nero. Having talked recently on my post about the Circus Maximus, the most recent opinion sees that the fire for which Nero blamed the Christian took place in one of the shops under the arcades of the Circus Maximus. From there, thanks also to the wooden structure of part of the Circus itself, the flames propagated and destroyed the 80 % of Rome. In one of my tours of Rome I am always proud to show to my clients the aftermath of that fire: the Domus Aurea.

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