Motif
Catastrophic city fire with measured destruction
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A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family World Fires and Burning Cities. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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christian apocrypha
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The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete CHAPTER IX. / CHAPTER X. / CHAPTER XI. / CHAPTER XII.; lines 8858-8922 confidence: medium
Seneca says the cause of Rome’s frequent burnings is manifest, but that declaring it openly would be dangerous for someone in his circumstances.
The passage describes frequent burnings of Rome and gives a numbered account of houses and squares burned over six days, ending on the seventh.
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