Great Fire of Rome and the Revolt of Vindex Flashcards
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What date did the Great Fire of Rome start?
18-19th July 64 AD
According to Suetonius, Nero 38.
How long did the Great Fire of Rome last?
6 days
How many of the fourteen Augustan districts were left untouched by the fire?
4 districts
Which historian attributed the fire to both chance and Nero’s cunning?
Tacitus
What did Suetonius claim Nero did while the fire was raging?
Sang about the fall of Troy
What is the term coined by Pliny for Nero’s grand palace?
Domus Aurea
What was one benefit of the Great Fire according to Tacitus?
New building regulations
What did Nero open to accommodate refugees during the fire?
His private gardens
What was the Revolt of Vindex associated with?
Discontent in Roman provinces
Who revolted in Britain under Nero’s reign?
Boudicca
Who was Gaius Julius Vindex?
A heroic figurehead of the revolt against Nero
What did Vindex’s speech call for?
Liberation of the Romans and the entire world
Where was Nero when the revolt started?
Neapolis
What was the outcome for Vindex after his rebellion?
He committed suicide after 20,000 of his men were killed
What was Servius Sulpicius Galba’s role before becoming emperor?
Legate of Hispania Tarraconesis
What did Galba’s coinage evoke?
Imagery of the assassins of Julius Caesar
What did the Senate declare Nero after Galba’s accession?
A public enemy
Fill in the blank: Nero fled Rome, exclaiming ‘_______’.
Jupiter, what an artist perishes in me!
