Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

The Great Fire of Rome: life and death in the ancient city

2021; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 83; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00182370.2021.1965434

1540-6563

Martin M. Winkler,

Historical and Religious Studies of Rome

“O-o, o lambent flame! O-o, o force divine! O omnivorous power, hail!” Thus chanted Peter Ustinov as the most enduring modern reincarnation of Rome’s archetypally bad boy in Quo Vadis (1951). Nero’...