Note 011
The learning and criticism of M. des Vignoles
(Histoire Critique de la Republique des Lettres, tom. viii.
p. 47- 118, ix. p. 172 - 187) dates the fire of Rome from
A.D. 64, July 19, and the subsequent persecution of the
Christians from November 15 of the same year.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 71