A strange fire destroys the temple of Appolo at Daphne outside the Antioch in 362
On October 22nd 362, a mysterious fire broke out in the temple premises of Apollo in antioch.The fire consumed the roof of the building and the statue of the god, copied from Phidias' statue of Zeus (a Greek God) at Olympia.
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