Rome rises from the ashes. The new cities from Nero to Domitian

CYCLE: The Second Millennium of Rome
SPEAKER: Paolo Carafa
DATE: Thursday 19 June, 6 pm

The flow of the landscape is revealed by countless particular stories, sometimes characterised by dramatic continuities. In the summer of 64 A.D. Rome, already a metropolis with about 1,000,000 inhabitants, burned for nine days in a fire started on the slopes of the Palatine, between the Circus Maximus and the Caelian. In the year 80, a second fire broke out, although in a much smaller area than the previous one and for only three days. At different times and in different ways, two emperors - Nero and Domitian - had to deal with the catastrophic consequences of these events that had wounded the city but offered them the chance to design their own, new Rome.

Paolo Carafa is full professor of Classical Archaeology and Pro-Rector for Archaeological Heritage at Sapienza University of Rome. He has created an Archaeological Information System (patented) and coordinated research projects dedicated to the architecture and history of urban and rural landscapes in Rome, ancient Latium, Etruria, Magna Graecia and Pompeii. He has published more than 150 contributions including monographs, editions, reference books, articles and other works.

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