Great Fire of Rome

E76424

disaster in Rome historical event urban fire

The Great Fire of Rome was a devastating blaze in 64 AD that destroyed large parts of the city and became infamous for its association with Emperor Nero and subsequent persecution of Christians.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Fire of 64	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	disaster in Rome ⓘ historical event ⓘ urban fire ⓘ
affectedArea	Regio XI Circus Maximus ⓘ surface form: Circus Maximus area Palatine Hill vicinity ⓘ
aftermathActionByNero	initiated reconstruction program ⓘ opened his gardens to refugees ⓘ organized food supplies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Great Fire of Rome ⓘ surface form: Great Fire of 64
associatedWith	persecution of Christians ⓘ
blamedOn	Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christians
cause	disputed ⓘ
consequence	introduction of new building regulations ⓘ major rebuilding of Rome ⓘ widespread homelessness ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
culturalImpact	enduring legend of Nero "fiddling" while Rome burned ⓘ
destroyed	large parts of Rome ⓘ many insulae ⓘ several districts of Rome ⓘ
emperorDuringEvent	Nero NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	64-07-27 ⓘ
historicalDebate	whether Nero was responsible ⓘ
instrumentInLegend	lyre ⓘ
ledToConstructionOf	Domus Aurea ⓘ
location	Rome ⓘ
mentionedInWork	Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History De vita Caesarum ⓘ surface form: Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars Annals by Tacitus ⓘ surface form: Tacitus' Annals
numberOfDistrictsDestroyed	3 ⓘ
numberOfDistrictsHeavilyDamaged	7 ⓘ
popularRumor	Nero ordered the fire ⓘ
possibleCause	accident ⓘ arson ⓘ
primarySource	Cassius Dio ⓘ Suetonius ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ
reignOf	Nero NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousImpact	early Christian martyrdoms in Rome ⓘ
significance	key event in history of Christian persecution in Rome ⓘ major turning point in urban development of Rome ⓘ
startDate	64 AD ⓘ 64-07-18 ⓘ
timePeriod	Nero ⓘ surface form: reign of Nero
tookPlaceIn	Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Julio-Claudian dynasty period first century AD ⓘ
usedAsPretextBy	Nero NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Fire of Rome → alsoKnownAs → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Fire of 64

Nero → associatedEvent → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

Domus Aurea → associatedWith → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

Lucius → associatedWithEvent → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

Domus Aurea → builtAfter → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

Nero → knownFor → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

Julio-Claudian dynasty → notableEvent → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus → notableEvent → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

Lucius → notableFor → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ

Circus Maximus → rebuiltAfter → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ