Great Fire of Rome

Emperor Nero watches from his palace terrace as the Great Fire of Rome engulfs the city below. Panicked citizens flee, rumors spread about Nero's possible involvement, and his advisors exchange nervou

Year 64

Date 7/18

Location Domus Transitoria, Rome, Italy

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Key Figures

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Causal neighbors · 961 linked moments

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Accession of Vitellius

                    69
                     · same figure
                

Dedication of the Ara Pacis

                    13 BC
                     · same figure
                

Adoption of Antoninus Pius by Hadrian

                    138
                     · same figure
                

Accession of Hadrian

                    117
                     · same figure
                

Accession of Hadrian

                    117
                     · same figure
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · same figure
                

Suicide of Emperor Nero

                    68
                     · same figure
                

Adoption of Antoninus Pius by Hadrian

                    138
                     · same figure
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · same figure
                

Accession of Emperor Titus

                    79
                     · same figure
                

Accession of Claudius as Roman Emperor

                    41
                     · same figure
                

Granting of the title Augustus to Octavian

                    27 BC
                     · same figure
                

Triple Triumph of Octavian

                    29 BC
                     · same figure
                

Accession of Nero as Emperor

                    54
                     · same figure
                

Accession of Nero as Emperor

                    54
                     · same figure
                

Proscriptions of the Second Triumvirate

                    43 BC
                     · same figure
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Great Fire of Rome

                    64
                     · contemporaneous
                

Second Battle of Bedriacum

                    69
                     · same era
                

Death of Claudius

                    54
                     · same era
                

Triumph of Titus in Rome

                    71
                     · same era
                

First Battle of Bedriacum

                    69
                     · same era
                

First Battle of Bedriacum

                    69
                     · same era
                

Death of Emperor Vitellius

                    69
                     · same era
                

Accession of Emperor Otho

                    69
                     · same era
                

Death of Emperor Galba

                    69
                     · same era
                