If memory serves, firefighting technology at the time often consisted of tearing down the building to prevent the conflagration spreading. Saving the building w

If memory serves, firefighting technology at the time often consisted of tearing down the building to prevent the conflagration spreading. Saving the building was generally not considered an option, and the way Roman society accounted for value was that such that the building was valuable but the land wasn't. I'm not sure if Rome of the time actually had the ability to field what we would think of as useful firefighters.