Lyon. Fire at Lugdunum: “In a single night, so many magnificent works reduced to ashes”

In the winter of 64/65 AD, Lugdunum, the city founded by Plancus, which had become a prestigious city like Rome, was nothing more than a pile of ashes. A single night was enough to wipe out the palace, temple, forum, and theater. Everything disappeared, leaving few traces. The writings of Tacitus and Seneca mention this, but questions remain. How could a city of this importance have disappeared so quickly and left so few traces?

In August 1964 Seneca (2) wrote a letter to Lucilius about a fire in Lyon: "Our friend Liberalis is very sad today, he has just learned that a horrible fire has completely consumed the colony of Lyon. This...

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