The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City
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1 Tacitus, Annals 15.33.
2 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.20.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Tacitus, Annals 15.34.
Chapter VIII: The Gladiatorial Contest
1 Tacitus, Annals 15.34.
2 Cassius Dio, Roman History 62.15.
3 Tacitus, Annals 15.34.
4 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 5.21.
5 Tacitus, Annals 15.34.
6 Dio, Roman History 62.13.
7 Tacitus, Annals 15.35.
8 Ibid.
Chapter IX: The Jews and the Christians
1 Josephus, Life 3.
2 Gal. 1:13.
3 Rom. 15:24.
4 Cave, Lives of the Apostles 1, 7.
5 Acts 28:31.
6 Cave, Lives of the Apostles 1, 7.
7 Cassius Dio, Roman History 61.7.
8 Josephus, Life 3.
9 Plutarch, Galba.
10 Tacitus, Annals 13.45.
11 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 8.3.
12 Plutarch, Otho.
13 Tacitus, Annals 13.46.
Chapter X: The Lake Banquet
1 Tacitus, Annals 15.36.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
Chapter XI: The Charioteer
1 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.22.
2 Ibid.
Chapter XII: The Fire
1 There is no record of these games being scheduled for AD 64. However, Nero, being a member of the Julio-Claudian line and also being a lover of chariot racing, is sure to have planned to celebrate the games of Caesar.
2 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.23.
3 Tacitus, Annals 15.38.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Cassius Dio, Roman History 62.16.
7 Tacitus, Annals 15.38.
8 Dio, Roman History 62.16.
9 Tacitus, Annals 15.38.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid.
12 Seneca, Letters to Lucilius 114.
13 Ibid.
14 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.38.
15 Tacitus, Annals 15.39.
16 Ibid.
17 Ibid. 15.40.
18 Ibid. describes this as “Tigellinus’ Aemilian property.” This could refer to either of two buildings. The first was the Aemilian Basilica in the Forum; the second, the Aemilian warehouse complex at the docks in Regio XIII. The property in question is most likely to have been the basilica. The fire spread from the Aemilian property up onto the Capitoline Mount and, from it, to the Campus Martius. Had this new fire started at the warehouse complex, it had to pass over districts already razed in the initial blaze to reach the Capitoline Mount, whereas the basilica stood right at the foot of the Capitol.
19 “Fighting Fire with Fire,” “Decisions Under Fire,” and “Knowing the Enemy,” episodes on Catalyst, ABC-TV, Australia, October 29, 2009.
20 Tacitus, Annals 15.41.
21 Ibid. 15.40.
22 Ibid.
Chapter XIII: The Blame
1 “The Great Fire of Rome,” episode 304, Secrets of the Dead, PBS, November 27, 2002.
2 Cassius Dio, Roman History 62.18.
3 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.39.
4 Ibid. 6.38.
5 Dio, Roman History 62.16.
6 Tacitus, Annals 15.39.
7 Ibid. 15.40.
8 Ibid. 15.41.
9 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.38.
10 Dio, Roman History 62.16.
11 Ibid. 62.18.
12 Ibid.
13 Tacitus, Annals 15.42.
14 Ibid.
15 Ibid.
16 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.16.
17 Ibid.
18 Tacitus, Annals 15.43.
19 Ibid.
20 Ibid.
21 Ibid.
22 Ibid. 15.44.
23 Ibid.
24 Dio, Roman History 62.18.
25 Ibid.
26 Tacitus, Annals 15.44.
27 Ibid.
28 Ibid.
29 Ibid.
30 Ibid.
31 Ibid.
32 Ibid.
33 Ibid. 15.47.
34 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.36.
35 Tacitus, Annals 15.47.
Chapter XIV: The Conspiracy
1 Tacitus, Annals 15.42.
2 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.31.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Tacitus, Annals 15.49.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid. 15.50.
10 Ibid. 15.49.
11 Ibid. 15.48.
12 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.33.
13 Tacitus, Annals 15.53.
14 Ibid. 15.50.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
17 Ibid. 15.51.
18 Ibid.
Chapter XV: The Unraveling
1 Tacitus, Annals 15.52.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid. 15.60.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid. 15.50.
7 Ibid. 15.54.
8 Ibid. 15.55.
9 Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, preface, 2.
10 Tacitus, Annals 15.55.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid. 15.59.
14 Ibid.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid. 15.57.
17 Ibid. 15.58.
Chapter XVI: The Suicide of Seneca
1 Tacitus, Annals 15.63.
2 Ibid. 15.61.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid. 15.65.
9 Ibid. 15.62.
10 Ibid.
11 Seneca, Letters to Lucilius 104.
12 Tacitus, Annals 15.62.
13 Ibid. 15.63.
14 Seneca, Letters to Lucilius 104.
15 Tacitus, Annals 15.63.
16 Ibid. 15.64.
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
19 Ibid.
20 Ibid.
Chapter XVII: The Purge
1 Tacitus, Annals 15.57.
2 Ibid. 15.66.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid. 15.67.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid. 15.68.
12 Ibid. 15.69.
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid. 15.71.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
Chapter XVIII: The New Stage
1 Tacitus, Annals 16.4.
2 Ibid.
3 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 9.4.
4 Tacitus, Annals 16.4.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid. 16.6.
7 Ibid.
8 Cassius Dio, Roman History 62.28.
9 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.35.
10 Tacitus, Annals 16.6.
11 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.35.
12 Dio, Roman History 62.28.
13 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.35.
14 Tacitus, Annals 16.7.
15 Ibid. 16.15.
16 Ibid. 16.8.
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid. 16.9.
19 Ibid. 16.10.
20 Ibid. 16.11.
21 Ibid. 16.13.
Chapter XIX: The Informers
1 Tacitus, Annals 14.49.
2 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.39.
3 Tacitus, Annals 16.14.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid. 16.18.
6 Ibid. 16.22.
Chapter XX: The Crowning of a King
1 Cassius Dio, Roman History 63.1.
2 Ibid. 63.2.
3 Ibid. 63.3.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Tacitus, Annals 16.24.
7 Ibid. 15.43.
8 Dio, Roman History 63.4.
9 Ibid.
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sp; 10 Tacitus, Annals 16.24.
11 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.13.
12 Dio, Roman History 63.5.
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid. 63.6.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
17 Ibid. 63.7.
18 Ibid.
19 Tacitus, Annals 16.26.
20 Ibid.
Chapter XXI: The Trial of Thrasea and Soranus
1 Tacitus, Annals 16.22.
2 Ibid. 16.28.
3 Ibid. 16.29.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid. 16.31.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid. 16.32.
9 Ibid.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid. 16.34.
12 Ibid. 16.35.
Chapter XXII: The New Alexander
1 Cassius Dio, Roman History 62.12.
2 Ibid.
3 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.20.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
Chapter XXIII: The Apostles and the Jewish Revolt
1 Josephus, Life 5.
2 Ibid. 4.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid. 5.
5 2 Tim. 4:11.
6 Ibid. 4:14-17.
7 Ibid. 4:2.
8 Cassius Dio, Roman History 62.14.
9 Ibid.
10 Tacitus, Annals 15.10.
11 Dio, Roman History 62.17.
12 Ibid. 62.4.
13 Ibid.
14 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.40.
Chapter XXIV: The Fall of Nero
1 Cassius Dio, Roman History 63.22.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid. 63.25.
4 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.23.
5 Ibid. 6.41.
6 Plutarch, Galba.
7 Ibid.
8 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 7.11.
9 Ibid. 6.40.
10 Ibid. 6.41.
11 One of Nero’s successors, Otho, resumed work on the Golden House, seeking five hundred thousand sesterces from the Senate for the project, but it never seems to have been completed.
12 This recruitment would form the basis of the new 1st Adiutrix Legion.
13 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 7.41.
14 Ibid. 7.42.
15 Ibid. 7.43.
16 Dio, Roman History 63.27.
17 Ibid.
18 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.47.
Chapter XXV: The Final Curtain
1 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.47.
2 Ibid. 6.48.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid. 6.49.
9 Ibid.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid.
12 Dio Chrysostom, Discourses 21.9-10.
13 Plutarch, Galba.
14 Ibid.
15 Dio Chrysostom, Discourses 21.10.
16 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.57.
17 Pliny the Younger, Letters 5.5.
18 Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 6.1.
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