The Great Fire of Rome: Life and Death in the Ancient City

by Joseph J. Walsh

Book Overview

A thrilling and momentous account of the Great Fire of Rome and how a modern city arose from its embers.

Peril was everywhere in ancient Rome, but the Great Fire of 64 CE was unlike anything the city had ever experienced. No building, no neighborhood, no person was safe from conflagration. When the fire finally subsided--after burning for nine days straight--vast swaths of Rome were in ruins. The greatest city of the ancient world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421433710
• ISBN13: 9781421433714
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"