Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue
I Perils of Life in Rome
II Inferno
III The Day After
IV Neropolis
V Legacy
Appendix A. Sources
Appendix B. Proposed Timeline of the Great Fire
Notes
Suggested Further Reading
Index

Promotional Information

A thrilling and momentous account of the Great Fire of Rome and how a modern city arose from its embers.

About the Author

Joseph J. Walsh is a professor of classics and history at Loyola University Maryland. He is the author of Were They Wise Men or Kings? The Book of Christmas Questions.6