Great Fire of Rome

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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.

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Generate an image of the Great Fire of Rome (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.)

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Label Occurrences
Great Fire of Rome canonical 14
Great Fire of 64 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disaster in Rome ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
urban fire ⓘ
affectedArea Circus Maximus area ⓘ
Palatine Hill vicinity ⓘ
aftermathActionByNero initiated reconstruction program ⓘ
opened his gardens to refugees ⓘ
organized food supplies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Fire of 64 ⓘ
linked to: Great Fire of Rome
associatedWith persecution of Christians ⓘ
blamedOn Christians ⓘ
linked to: Christianity
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 ⓘ
endDate 64-07-27 ⓘ
historicalDebate whether Nero was responsible ⓘ
instrumentInLegend lyre ⓘ
ledToConstructionOf Domus Aurea ⓘ
location Rome ⓘ
mentionedInWork Cassius Dio's Roman History ⓘ
Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars ⓘ
linked to: De vita Caesarum

Tacitus' Annals ⓘ
linked to: Annals by Tacitus
numberOfDistrictsDestroyed 3 ⓘ
numberOfDistrictsHeavilyDamaged 7 ⓘ
popularRumor Nero ordered the fire ⓘ
possibleCause accident ⓘ
arson ⓘ
primarySource Cassius Dio ⓘ
Suetonius ⓘ
Tacitus ⓘ
reignOf Nero ⓘ
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 reign of Nero ⓘ
linked to: Nero
tookPlaceIn Julio-Claudian dynasty period ⓘ
first century AD ⓘ
usedAsPretextBy Nero ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Nero → knownFor → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
Nero → associatedEvent → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
Circus Maximus → rebuiltAfter → 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 ⓘ
Lucius → associatedWithEvent → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
Great Fire of Rome → alsoKnownAs → Great Fire of 64 ⓘ
linked to: Great Fire of Rome
Domus Aurea → builtAfter → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
Domus Aurea → associatedWith → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
Annals → includesEvent → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
subject linked to: Annals by Tacitus
Domus Aurea → constructionBeganAfter → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
subject linked to: golden house
Imperial court of Nero → associatedWithEvent → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
Tigellinus → associatedWith → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ
The Fire of Rome → depicts → Great Fire of Rome ⓘ