The Great Fire of Rome
The Ancients
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The Fire in Rome in 64 AD
In Rome today with the archaeology there is that distinct burnt layer which is so fascinating because in the UK you have Colchester or you have London which are both burnt to the ground by Budica. It's too difficult to establish archaeologically what the perimeters would have been but at least in several places I've seen it's very apparent. At one stage you can see the burn marks on a building that was probably a grain store that we think was definitely the 64 fire that did that particular damage. Well there you go well let's therefore go back in time to 64 AD and the fire itself; where and how does the fire begin?
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