Episode CLXXXIX - Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (Live in Canberra)
Emperors of Rome
English - May 20, 2022 08:04 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsHistory la trobe university history julius caesar caesar rhiannon evans rome roman history biography emperor roman emperors Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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’s fourteen regions.
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?
Recorded on 12th April 2022, in front of a live audience at the Australian National University.
Now funding on Kickstarter: Agricola (the podcast miniseries).
Guest: Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University).