Et superesse potuit aedium sacrarum et privatarum, hominumque pars maior, ni palantes abrupti flammarum ardores per quinque dies et noctes, quicquid consumi poterat exussissent.
And, the greater part of the temples and private houses might have been saved, and of the population as well, had not a sudden onrush of flames, sweeping over them for five days and nights, burned up whatever could be consumed.
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