Podcasts History Emperors of Rome Episode CLXXXIX - Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (Live in Canberra)

Episode CLXXXIX - Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (Live in Canberra)

Published: May 20, 2022, 8:04 a.m.

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On the night of 18 July, 64 CE, a fire broke out in the Circus Maximus at Rome. It raged for nine days, destroying or damaging ten of the city\\u2019s fourteen regions.

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Was the fire just a terrible accident? Or was it deliberately lit, either by dissident Christians or by the emperor Nero, who allegedly sang while Rome burned?

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Recorded on 12th April 2022, in front of a live audience at the Australian National University.

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Now funding on Kickstarter: Agricola (the podcast miniseries).

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Guest: Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University).

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