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  2. Great Fire of Rome - Wikipedia

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    After the Great Fire of Rome occurred in July AD 64, it was rumored that Nero had ordered the fire to clear space for a new palace, the Domus Aurea. [6] [page needed] At the time of the fire Nero may not have been in the city but 35 miles away at his villa in Antium, [7] and possibly returned to the city before the fire was out. [8]

  3. Domus Transitoria - Wikipedia

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    The Domus Transitoria (House of Passage) [1] was Roman emperor Nero's (r. 54 – 68) first palace damaged or destroyed by the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, and then extended by his Domus Aurea (or Golden House).

  4. Domus Aurea - Wikipedia

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    Construction began after the great fire of 64 and was nearly completed before Nero's death in 68, a remarkably short time for such an enormous project. [4] Nero took great interest in every detail of the project, according to Tacitus, [5] and oversaw the engineer-architects, Celer and Severus, who were also responsible for the attempted navigable canal with which Nero hoped to link Misenum ...

  5. Nero's Torches - Wikipedia

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    It depicts a group of Early Christian martyrs who are about to be burned alive as the alleged perpetrators of the Great Fire of Rome, during the reign of emperor Nero in 64 AD. People from many different social spheres, including the emperor himself, are present to watch the burning, which takes place in front of the Domus Aurea.

  6. Nero’s theater — where audience may have sat on ‘pain of ...

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    The Roman elite despised Emperor Nero’s “artistic endeavors,” a historian said. Nero’s theater — where audience may have sat on ‘pain of death’ — discovered in Rome Skip to main ...

  7. Nero - Wikipedia

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    Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ ˈ n ɪər oʊ / NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.

  8. Cradle of Rome walkthrough - AOL

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    Cradle of Rome can get tough after the half-way mark. Here are some tips to help you if you get stuck. Here are some tips to help you if you get stuck. Mathcing four tiles instead of three will ...

  9. Torre delle Milizie - Wikipedia

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    The tower gained the popular nickname of "Nero's Tower" from a tradition that it originated as an ancient Roman construction from which the emperor Nero watched the Great Fire of Rome – this is derived from the classical account that he watched from a tower in the Gardens of Maecenas, though more trustworthy accounts place him out of town, at Antium at the time.