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On July 18,A.D.64,a fire started in the Circus Maximus.It left a little bit of the city un-burned.Ancient writers tried to convince people that it was Nero's fault.But people knew it wasn't true because the city was made with combustible matter and the city was very crowded which could have been a very good way for the city to catch on fire.But Nero on the other hand tried to blame Christians.While it wasn't known that Nero started the fire,he took advantage of it.Then he started to work on building new places,for instance one place he was working on building was called the Domus

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