how come rome burned it was made of stone ?

Answer 1

The civic buildings were made of stone, however the common people lived in wooden framed houses covered in stucco.

I think your talking in reference to the events surrounding Nero, The Part of Rome that burned had been basically common housing and slums, all wood structures and closely packed together. So when they burned it looked like the entire city was alight.

However it is important to know even Stone buildings are susceptible to fire, wooden frames that assist in holding the buildings up and of course the contents inside the building, if burning, the heat could cause a stone building to collapse.

Answer 2

When Rome burned the overwhelming majority was made of wood. After the great fire the Emperor Nero designed a new Rome, a Rome that would be build out of Marble and stone. He also instituted building codes to ensure that something like that would never happen. The only problem is Nero's vision of what the new Rome was going to be was so expensive it nearly bankrupted the empire and marked the beginning of the end of his reign as emperor.

Answer 3

There are documented burnings starting in the 16th century (ie, before the KJV), and although the Church burned them because of errors in translation, I wonder if much of it had to do with ego more than anything. Tyndale's translation was published with the aim of refuting the Pope, and while you and I hold to more democratic views today, back then you could be imprisoned or worse for challenging authority of any kind. Call it a product of the times. But I find no evidence of the Catholic Church burning Bibles prior to that time. There is record of Diocletian (a pagan Emperor) ordering the burning of Christian literature (including the Septuagint and copies of epistles) as early as 303 AD. The Church ordered the writings of Arius (who argued that Jesus was not divine) burned in 325, but these didn't include Scripture. Likewise, Nestorian literature was ordered burned in 435 AD, and his supporters were removed from their positions of power. The reason? Nestor argued that Jesus was two different persons, one divine, one human. This theological conflict was part of the split that later resulted in the separation of Catholic and Orthodox churches. But again, no Bibles were burned here. In 1085, prayer books were tossed in the fire to determine whether the Mozarabic Rite or Roman Rite should be used. The Roman Rite prayer book burned, while the Mozarabic Rite (in a heavier binding) did not. The scientific value of this test was akin to that of letting a woman sink in water to see if she is a witch. Again, no Bibles burned. In the 12th century, the Cathar texts (which did not reflect Scripture so much as writings of their leadership) were burned in France. Seriously, I'd like to know in what books of history you're finding your "facts." They don't agree with anything I've read. Are you privy to some secret knowledge? Where is this "rest of Christianity" that had it all together before 389 AD?

Answer 4

its like usual buildings .(how house burns made of stone)

Answer 5

Um...castles and colliseums...yes. Your every day citizens house...wood buddy.

Answer 6

obvioulsly some wood there too