• Fig. 1. Raphael, Fire in the Borgo, ca. 1514–17, fresco, 17 × 20 ft. (5.18 × 6.09 m). Stanza dell’Incendio, Vatican Palace, Rome. In the background note the facade of the early Constantinian basilica of St. Peter’s. (Image courtesy of Art Resource, New York.)

Fire in the Borgo

From While Rome Burned: Fire, Leadership, and Urban Disaster in the Roman Cultural Imagination by Virginia M. Closs

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