Tip o’ the pileus to Vicky Alvear Shecter for this one … a very nicely-put-together article in History Today on the fire and the reactions to it:
… for my part, I was unaware of the letter mentioned; not sure how I missed it.
Also Seen: Galen and the Great Fire of Rome (of 192)
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Raoul McLaughlin places Thessalonika in modern Turkey, which is a very serious error in an otherwise informative article.
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