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	Podcast:		Emperors of Rome
	Episode:		Episode CLXXXIX - Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (Live in Canberra)
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:58:43
	Publish Date:		2022-05-20 08:04:28
	Description:		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).
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