rdf-syntax-grammar
mods:
  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Rome is burning
    sub title: Nero and the fire that ended a dynasty
  name:
    name part: Barrett, Anthony
    name part: 1941-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2020
    copyright date: 2020
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
  abstract: 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.
  table of contents: Fires in Ancient Rome -- The Great Fire -- Responsibility -- The Christians and the Great Fire -- The New Rome -- The significance of the Great Fire -- The Great Fire as an enduring cultural phenomenon.
  note: Anthony A. Barrett.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e------
    geographic code: aw-----
    geographic code: ff-----
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Emperor of Rome
      name part: Nero
      name part: 37-68
  subject:
    topic: Great Fire, Rome, Italy, 64
  subject:
    geographic: Rome
    topic: History
    temporal: Nero, 54-68
  classification: DG285.3 .B37 2020
  classification: 937/.6307
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Turning points in ancient history
  identifier: 9780691172316
  identifier: 0691172315
  identifier: 9780691208503
  identifier: 2020017929
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 200416
    record change date: 20210422110149.0
    record identifier: in00004350284