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demum

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emphasises length of fire and how welcomed its end was

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per immensum

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conveys extent of demolitions

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continuae violentiae

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conveys constant threat of fire - no rest from it

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campus et velut vacuum caelum

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chiastic alliteration - ‘c’ alliteration = crackling of last embers as the fire slowly dies over the vast plain

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vacuum caelum

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hyperbole - suggests utter eradication of buildings

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metus aut… spes

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antithesis

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grassatus

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personifies fire as military force searching for victims

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ignis patulis magis urbis locis

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series of homoiteleuta

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hominum minor, delubra deum

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asyndetonic juxtaposition - bad news comes second, overpowering good news

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latius

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implies this fire was more widespread than the first

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procidere

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historic infinitive evokes power of fire

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plusque

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emphatic position of comparative adverb stresses escalation in damage to N’s rep in parallel with the damage to the city

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videbatur

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juxtaposition with ‘proruperat’ underscores how quickly people leapt to the conclusion that N was responsible, highlighting the absence of trust for him

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condendae… novae cognomento suo appellandae

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chiastic arrangement exaggerates the outrageousness of N’s alleged aims

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gloriam

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the reward for successful military conquest - the fire is a metaphorical invading army with Nero as its tyrannical general

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16
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quattor integrae manebant

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exaggeration of the truth - all buildings on the Capitol remained; Forum, Pantheon and theatre of Pompeius survived almost untouchedq

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vestigia

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devastating image of unrecognisable wreckage of buildings

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lacera

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adjective used of corpses - again evokes image of city as a living being, slaughtered by a foreign force

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