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Six days of fire consume the eternal city
The Great Fire of Rome erupted and raged for six terrifying days, devouring half the ancient city in an inferno of unprecedented destruction. As flames consumed homes, temples, and entire neighborhoods, Emperor Nero's response, and the persistent rumor that he fiddled while Rome burned, became one of history's most enduring legends, forever linking spectacle to catastrophe.
A city descends underground to move forward
The first line of the Paris Metro opened for operation, ushering Parisians into a new era of urban transportation. Running beneath the grand boulevards from Porte de Vincennes to Porte Maillot, the electric railway transformed how the city of light moved its people. The Metro would grow into one of the world's densest and most efficient transit systems, forever altering Parisian life.
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, a largely autobiographical novel by Evelyn Waugh, was published.