After six days, the fire was brought under control, but before the damage could be assessed, the fire reignited and burned for another three days. In the aftermath of the fire, 71% of Rome had been destroyed.
it is commonly agreed by historians now that Rome was so tightly packed a fire was inevitable.
Honestly this is still a good counterexample to ancient stuff sucking (which is rare), since this is the only problem I can think of. They even had districts for things like dyers to keep the environment not too offensive. (Which you could still live in, if you happened to be a dyer anyway!)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome
Honestly this is still a good counterexample to ancient stuff sucking (which is rare), since this is the only problem I can think of. They even had districts for things like dyers to keep the environment not too offensive. (Which you could still live in, if you happened to be a dyer anyway!)
Nothing of consequence was lost in that though.
Yeah, if it were important we’d know about it, right?