I'm in the midst of reading Rome is Burning, Anthony A. Barrett's new book (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172316/rome-is-burning https://pr

I'm in the midst of reading Rome is Burning, Anthony A. Barrett's new book (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172316/rome-is-burning https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172316/ro...) about the Great Fire of Rome in 64AD (the one where Nero fiddled). I'm a relative novice to the field of Roman history (studied early modern history in university, never touched ancient history). The key thing to know about the fire is that it is very unclear basic facts like 1) how long did the fire last? Some sources say 6 days, some 9, 2) which buildings burnt down? 3) how far did the fire reach? 4) how many people died? There are lots of ancient references to it but when you get down to the details it's actually quite vague.