The Great Fire of Rome: Life and Death in the Ancient City

A thrilling and momentous account of the Great Fire of Rome and how a modern city arose from its embers.

Peril was everywhere in ancient Rome, but the Great Fire of 64 CE was unlike anything the city had ever experienced. No building, no neighborhood, no person was safe from conflagration. When the fire finally subsided—after burning for nine days straight—vast swaths of Rome were in ruins. The greatest city of the ancient world had endured its greatest blow.

In The Great Fire of Rome, Josep...