 The extent of the fire is uncertain . According to Tacitus , who was nine at the time of the fire , it spread quickly and burned for over five days . It destroyed three of fourteen Roman districts and severely damaged seven . The only other historian who lived through the period and mentioned the fire is Pliny the Elder , who wrote about it in passing . Other historians who lived through the period ( including Josephus , Dio Chrysostom , Plutarch and Epictetus ) make no mention of it in what remains of their work . 
 The extent of the fire <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>uncertain . According to Tacitus , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>was nine at the time of the fire , it spread quickly and burned for over five days . It destroyed three of fourteen Roman districts and severely damaged seven . The only other historian <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>lived through the period and mentioned the fire <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>Pliny the Elder , <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>wrote about it in passing . Other historians <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a>lived through the period ( including Josephus , Dio Chrysostom , Plutarch and Epictetus ) make no mention of it in what <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>remains</mark></a> of their work . 
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