The Great Fire of Rome started on the night between 18 and 19 July in the year 64 AD. Differing accounts either blame Emperor Nero for initiating the fire or credit him with organizing measures to contain it and provide relief for refugees.
This episode, taking inspiration from that historical event, is a musical reflection about fire and its consequences.
- :Golgatha: – Icarus Fallen (feat. ‘Herbst9’) (Icarus)
- Beneath the Lake – fire & rain (Silent Uprising)
- The Joy Of Nature – Fire only rests when there’s nothing left to burn (agkaanta, asrti, parasamgate)
- The Joy Of Nature – Um Fogo na Névoa (agkaanta, asrti, parasamgate)
- A Challenge Of Honour – Feux/Fire (Instrumental) (Wilhelm Gustloff)
- Johan Söderqvist – Virginia in Flames (Låt den Rätte Komma In)
- Wojciech Kilar – The Ring Of Fire (Bram Stoker’s Dracula)
- Ramin Djawani – Fire and Blood (Game of Thrones)
- John Williams – Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give Life) (Schindler’s list)
- John Williams – The Fire Scene And The Coming Of War (Memoirs Of A Geisha)
- :Golgatha: – Icarus (Orchid Mix feat. ‘Ildiko’) (Icarus)
- Rome – In Cruel Fire (Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit – Band 1: Aufbruch or A Cross of Wheat)
- Backworld – Holy Fire (Holy Fire)
- The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud – Amara Tanta Tyri IV (Amara Tanta Tyri)
- Ordo Equitum Solis – playing with the fire (Looking For Europe)
- Pilori – A Ship Is Burning (Sol Lucet Omnibus)
- July Skies – Autumn Fires (Where The Days Go)
- Jerome Deppe and Gentlemen Oscura – Song for Nero (OEC 100 – The Old Europa Cafe)
- Darkwood – Lied am Feuer (Notwendfeuer)
- :Of The Wand And The Moon: – Watch The Skyline Catch Fire (The Lone Descent)
- :Of The Wand And The Moon: – In a robe of fire (Emptiness:Emptiness:Emptiness)
- Neun Welten – Heidenacht (Live) (Vergessene Pfade)
- Sonne Hagal – Flackerndes Feuer (Jordansfrost)
- Vindensång – Ashes And Memories (Terminus: Rebirth In Eight Parts…)
- H.E.R.R. – Neroica (XII Caesars)
- Rome – A Cross of Fire (Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit – Band 2: Aufruhr or A Cross of Fire)
Between Birds of Prey #130 – The Great Fire of Rome.mp3
Between Birds of Prey #130 – The Great Fire of Rome.cue
Note: On the right we have the painting ‘The Fall of Empire – Destruction’ by Thomas Cole, that represents the collapse of Rome.