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The Great Fire of Rome (Latin: incendium magnum Romae) began on the 19th of July 64 AD. [1] The fire started in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium, Circus Maximus . After six days, the fire was brought under control, but before the damage could be assessed, the fire reignited and burned for another three days.
Tuileries Palace fire, 23 May 1871; Holker Hall fire, 1871 [4] Great Boston Fire of 1872; Bath House fire, 31 January 1873; Pantechnicon warehouse fire, London, 13–14 February 1874; Benin City sacking, 9 February 1897-San Francisco Earthquake, April 18, 1906; Messina earthquake, 28 December 1908; Mona Lisa theft and vandalism, 21 August 1911
June 9 – Seminole County jail fire in Sanford, Florida, killed 11. [96] July 7 – Pomona Hotel fire in Portland, Oregon. Act of arson, killed 12. August 17 – Philadelphia Refinery Fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, killed eight firefighters. August 17 – Savoy Hotel fire, in Sydney, Australia, killed 15 and injured 25.
Books and manuscripts were taken out of the synagogue and set on fire at Piazza Rattazzi. The burning of the Jewish books was a prelude to a mass arrest and deportation of the Jews themselves. A total of 48 Jews were deported from Alessandria, many of whom were murdered in Auschwitz. [156]
Sulla's march on Rome: The consul Sulla led an army of his partisans across the pomerium into Rome. Social War (91–89 BC): The war ended. 87 BC: First Mithridatic War: Roman forces landed at Epirus. 85 BC: First Mithridatic War: A peace was agreed between Rome and Pontus under which the latter returned to its pre-war borders. 83 BC
The courtyard. The first floor shuttered windows correspond to a four-sided gallery, housing the collection's main paintings. Interior. The large collection of paintings, furniture and statuary has been assembled since the 16th century by the Doria, Pamphilj, Landi and Aldobrandini families now united through marriage and descent under the simplified surname Doria Pamphilj.
The Stanza dell'incendio del Borgo was named for the Fire in the Borgo fresco which depicts Pope Leo IV making the sign of the cross to extinguish a raging fire in the Borgo district of Rome near the Vatican. This room was prepared as a music room for Julius' successor, Leo X. The frescos depict events from the lives of Popes Leo III and Leo IV
The triumviri nocturni (meaning three men of the night) were the first men, being privately owned slaves, organized into a group that combatted the common problems of fire and conflagrations in Rome. Another organization dedicated to fighting fires in ancient Rome was a band of slaves led by the aedile Marcus Egnatius Rufus .