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Rome Is Burning

Author : Anthony A. Barrett
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691233942
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Rome Is Burning written by Anthony A. Barrett and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nero became Emperor in A.D 54. On the evening of July 18, 64 A. D., it seems that a lamp was left unextinguished in a stall still heaped with piles of combustible material. Whether this was accidental or deliberate we cannot now determine, and normally it would not have led to anything that would have attracted even local attention. But there was a gusty wind that night, and the flickering flame was fanned onto the flammable wares. The ensuing fire quickly spread. Before the onlookers could absorb what was happening one of the most catastrophic disasters ever to be endured by Rome was already underway. It was a disaster that brought death and misery to thousands. In Nero and the Great Fire of Rome, Anthony Barrett draws on new textual interpretations and the latest archaeological evidence, to tell the story of this pivotal moment in Rome's history and its lasting significance. Barrett argues that the Great Fire, which destroyed much of the city, changed the course of Roman History. The fire led to the collapse of Nero's regime, and his disorderly exit brought an end to Rome's first imperial dynasty, transforming from thereto, the way that emperors were selected. It also led to the first systematic persecution of the Christians, who were blamed for the blaze. Barrett provides the first comprehensive study of this dramatic event, which remains a fascination of the public imagination, and continues to be a persistent theme in the art and literature of popular culture today"--

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero

Author : Shadi Bartsch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107052203
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero written by Shadi Bartsch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and accessible guide to the rich literary, philosophical and artistic achievements of the notorious age of Nero.

Nero and the Burning of Rome

Author : Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher : Penguin Group USA
ISBN 13 : 9780146001468
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Nero and the Burning of Rome written by Cornelius Tacitus and published by Penguin Group USA. This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Fire of Rome

Author : Joseph J. Walsh
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421433710
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Great Fire of Rome written by Joseph J. Walsh and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers interested in ancient (and modern) Rome, urban life, and civic disasters, among other things, will be fascinated by this book.

The Burning of Rome; Or, A Story of the Days of Nero

Author : Alfred John Church
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book The Burning of Rome; Or, A Story of the Days of Nero written by Alfred John Church and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Fire of Rome

Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0306819333
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Great Fire of Rome written by Stephen Dando-Collins and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of July 19, AD 64, a fire began beneath the stands of Rome's great stadium, the Circus Maximus. For more than a week the fire spread, engulfing most of the city and nearly burning it to the ground. With its capital in ruins, Rome's powerful empire teetered on the edge of collapse as Nero struggled desperately to save his empire -- and his skin. In The Great Fire of Rome, Dando-Collins takes readers through the streets of ancient Rome, where unrest simmers, and into the imperial palace, where political intrigue seethes, relating a pot-boiler story filled with fascinating historical characters who will determine the course of an empire. It is an unforgettable human drama that brings ancient Rome and the momentous events of 64 AD scorchingly to life.

The Burning of Rome

Author : Alfred J. Church
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Burning of Rome written by Alfred J. Church and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Burning of Rome" by Alfred J. Church tells about the relations between the first Christians and the Roman government during the times of Nero. This book is being praised for being objective and free from cultural bias, which was inherent to some other books from the same period.

The Burning of Rome

Author : Alfred John Church
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Burning of Rome written by Alfred John Church and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity

Author : Dirk Rohmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110485559
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity written by Dirk Rohmann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is estimated that only a small fraction, less than 1 per cent, of ancient literature has survived to the present day. The role of Christian authorities in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little sustained consideration by academics. In an approach that presents evidence for the role played by Christian institutions, writers and saints, this book analyses a broad range of literary and legal sources, some of which have hitherto been little studied. Paying special attention to the problem of which genres and book types were likely to be targeted, the author argues that in addition to heretical, magical, astrological and anti-Christian books, other less obviously subversive categories of literature were also vulnerable to destruction, censorship or suppression through prohibition of the copying of manuscripts. These include texts from materialistic philosophical traditions, texts which were to become the basis for modern philosophy and science. This book examines how Christian authorities, theologians and ideologues suppressed ancient texts and associated ideas at a time of fundamental transformation in the late classical world.

The Flames of Rome

Author : Paul L. Maier
Publisher : Kregel Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780825495441
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book The Flames of Rome written by Paul L. Maier and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The splendor and pagan excesses of Roman society are confronted by the life-changing faith of Christianity in this historically accurate fiction work. Guaranteed fiction!

The Burning of Rome ; Or, A Story of Nero's Days

Author : Alfred John Church
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book The Burning of Rome ; Or, A Story of Nero's Days written by Alfred John Church and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

BURNING OF ROME

Author : ALFRED JOHN. CHURCH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033270356
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book BURNING OF ROME written by ALFRED JOHN. CHURCH and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rome Burning

Author : Sophia McDougall
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575110376
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Rome Burning written by Sophia McDougall and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a parallel modern world, Rome and Japan stand on the brink of world war. When the Emperor falls ill, his young nephew Marcus Novius Caesar finds himself taking command of the greatest power on Earth. But behind the clash of empires, hidden forces are at work. For Marcus and his allies the price of peace will be higher than they dreamed. "A thoroughly good read...vividly imagined...elegant, lively writing" - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Burned Alive

Author : Alberto A. Martinez
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780239408
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Burned Alive written by Alberto A. Martinez and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1600, the Catholic Inquisition condemned the philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno for heresy, and he was then burned alive in the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome. Historians, scientists, and philosophical scholars have traditionally held that Bruno’s theological beliefs led to his execution, denying any link between his study of the nature of the universe and his trial. But in Burned Alive, Alberto A. Martínez draws on new evidence to claim that Bruno’s cosmological beliefs—that the stars are suns surrounded by planetary worlds like our own, and that the Earth moves because it has a soul—were indeed the primary factor in his condemnation. Linking Bruno’s trial to later confrontations between the Inquisition and Galileo in 1616 and 1633, Martínez shows how some of the same Inquisitors who judged Bruno challenged Galileo. In particular, one clergyman who authored the most critical reports used by the Inquisition to condemn Galileo in 1633 immediately thereafter wrote an unpublished manuscript in which he denounced Galileo and other followers of Copernicus for their beliefs about the universe: that many worlds exist and that the Earth moves because it has a soul. Challenging the accepted history of astronomy to reveal Bruno as a true innovator whose contributions to the science predate those of Galileo, this book shows that is was cosmology, not theology, that led Bruno to his death.

The Darkening Age

Author : Catherine Nixey
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544800931
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book The Darkening Age written by Catherine Nixey and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book, winner of the Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and named a Book of the Year by the Telegraph, Spectator, Observer, and BBC History Magazine, this bold new history of the rise of Christianity shows how its radical followers helped to annihilate Greek and Roman civilizations. The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion deliberately attacked and suppressed the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to "one true faith." Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and mild, going to their martyrs' deaths singing hymns of love and praise, the truth, as Catherine Nixey reveals, is very different. Far from being meek and mild, they were violent, ruthless, and fundamentally intolerant. Unlike the polytheistic world, in which the addition of one new religion made no fundamental difference to the old ones, this new ideology stated not only that it was the way, the truth, and the light but that, by extension, every single other way was wrong and had to be destroyed. From the first century to the sixth, those who didn't fall into step with its beliefs were pursued in every possible way: social, legal, financial, and physical. Their altars were upturned and their temples demolished, their statues hacked to pieces, and their priests killed. It was an annihilation. Authoritative, vividly written, and utterly compelling, this is a remarkable debut from a brilliant young historian.

Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome

Author : Donald G. Kyle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134862725
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome written by Donald G. Kyle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores * the origins and historical development of the games * who the victims were and why they were chosen * how the Romans disposed of the thousands of resulting corpses * the complex religious and ritual aspects of institutionalised violence * the particularly savage treatment given to defiant Christians. This lively and original work provides compelling, sometimes controversial, perspectives on the bloody entertainments of ancient Rome, which continue to fascinate us to this day.

Tacitus: Annals

Author : Tacitus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108378137
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Tacitus: Annals written by Tacitus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tacitus' account of Nero's principate is an extraordinary piece of historical writing. His graphic narrative (including Annals XV) is one of the highlights of the greatest surviving historian of the Roman Empire. It describes how the imperial system survived Nero's flamboyant and hedonistic tenure as emperor, and includes many famous passages, from the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 to the city-wide party organised by Nero's praetorian prefect, Tigellinus, in Rome. This edition unlocks the difficulties and complexities of this challenging yet popular text for students and instructors alike. It elucidates the historical context of the work and the literary artistry of the author, as well as explaining grammatical difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a comprehensive introduction discussing historical, literary and stylistic issues.