The Great Fire of Rome: The Story of the Most Famous Fire in Roman History

The Great Fire of London in 1666

September, 1666; carried by a strong east wind, in just four days Shakespeare’s London would disappear forever, consumed

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Roman Arches: The History of the Famous Monuments in Rome and Throughout the Roman Empire 3666118269

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The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City 9780306818905, 0306818906

On the night of July 19, AD 64, a fire began beneath the stands of Rome's great stadium, the Circus Maximus. For mo

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The Great Fire of Petersburg, Virginia 9781467118668

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The Great Fire of Rome: Life and Death in the Ancient City 9781421433714, 1421433710

Readers interested in ancient (and modern) Rome, urban life, and civic disasters, among other things, will be fascinated

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Arches and Triumphs in Ancient Rome: The History of the Roman Empire’s Most Famous Military Celebrations and Monuments

*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of ancient accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table

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The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution 9780300268478

Who set the mysterious fire that burned down much of New York City shortly after the British took the city during the Re

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The Collinwood Tragedy: The Story of the Worst School Fire in American History 9781631013935

A devastating loss of life and a community's response March 4, 1908, was an ordinary morning in Collinwood, Ohio,

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Fire in the Sky: The History of the Hindenburg Disaster

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Hindenburg and the disaster written by passengers and other eyewitnesses *D

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Restoration: the year of the great fire 9781781851333, 9781781852668, 1781852669

In an England inhabited by Pepys, Evelyn, Dryden, Hobbes and the young Isaac Newton, Charles II is king, and the nation

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