{"product_id":"the-great-fire-of-rome-9781421433707","title":"The Great Fire of Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 subsidedafter burning for nine days straightvast swaths of Rome were in ruins. The greatest city of the ancient world had endured its greatest blow. In The Great Fire of Rome, Joseph J. Walsh tells the true story of this deadly episode in Rome's history. He explains why Rome was such a vulnerable tinderbox, outlines the difficulties of life in that exciting and dangerous city, and recounts the fire's aftermath and legacya legacy that includes the transformation of much of ancient Rome into a modern city. Situating the fire within the context of other perils that residents of Rome faced, including frequent flooding, pollution, crime, and dangerously shoddy construction, he high\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003ePrologue \u003cbr\u003eI Perils of Life in Rome \u003cbr\u003eII Inferno \u003cbr\u003eIII The Day After \u003cbr\u003eIV Neropolis  \u003cbr\u003eV Legacy \u003cbr\u003eAppendix A. Sources  \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B. Proposed Timeline of the Great Fire \u003cbr\u003eNotes  \u003cbr\u003eSuggested Further Reading  \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408133562711,"sku":"9781421433707","price":51.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421433707.jpg?v=1730501707","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-fire-of-rome-9781421433707","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}