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NOTESchapterI. background1. Calp. Ec. 1.42.2. Suet. Ner. 11.2; Dio 61.18.2.3. Plin. Pan. 46.4–5: Nero is referred to elliptically as the scenicus imperator.4. Plin. Ep. 3.5.6; they apparently started at the point where the work of the lost historian Aufidius Bassus ended (when that might have been is much debated).5. Tac. Ann. 1.69.2, 13.20.3, 15.53.3–4 (see chapter 7); Hist. 3.28.1.6. Tac. Ann. 4.5.2.7. Tac. Ann. 1.1.3; Hist. 1.1.4.8. Circus: Tac. Ann. 15.38.2; Palatine: Tac. Ann. 15.39.1; Tigellinus: Tac. Ann. 15.40.2; religious buildings: Tac. Ann. 15.41.1.9. Tac. Ann. 15.41.1.10. Suet. Ner. 19.3.11. That said, many scholars, especially in France, are beginning to rate him more highly: Fromentin (2016); also, most recently, Madsen (2020).12. See Pelling (1997).13. Frere (1972), 14, 20–22.14. Tac. Ann. 15.43.3.15. There are two very impor tant ancient sources of topographical informa-tion. The Forma Urbis Romae, commonly known as the Severan Marble Plan, is a large marble map of ancient Rome, put together between AD 203 and prob ably 211. The map was made up of marble slabs, mea sur ing in total 18.1 × 13 m. De-stroyed some time during the Middle Ages, the fragments have since then been gradually reassembled, in a pro cess that is still ongoing; see the very useful site: https:// formaurbis . stanford . edu / docs / FURmap . html, accessed March  5, 2020. We are also heavi ly dependent on two “regionary cata logues” of late antiquity, lists of buildings and landmarks arranged according to the fourteen regiones into which Augustus divided the city. It is broadly agreed that the oldest, the Curio-sum, was put together around the time of Diocletian (AD 284–305). The later Notitia was compiled before the death of Constantine (AD 337) and derived its information from a version of the Curiosum.16. By Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus: Livy 1.38.6; 56.2. The first stage involved the conversion of the local brook into a sewer.17. For a recent treatment of the Roman landscape: Arnoldus- Huyzendfeld (2016), 193–97.
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NOTESchapterI. background1. Calp. Ec. 1.42.2. Suet. Ner. 11.2; Dio 61.18.2.3. Plin. Pan. 46.4–5: Nero is referred to elliptically as the scenicus imperator.4. Plin. Ep. 3.5.6; they apparently started at the point where the work of the lost historian Aufidius Bassus ended (when that might have been is much debated).5. Tac. Ann. 1.69.2, 13.20.3, 15.53.3–4 (see chapter 7); Hist. 3.28.1.6. Tac. Ann. 4.5.2.7. Tac. Ann. 1.1.3; Hist. 1.1.4.8. Circus: Tac. Ann. 15.38.2; Palatine: Tac. Ann. 15.39.1; Tigellinus: Tac. Ann. 15.40.2; religious buildings: Tac. Ann. 15.41.1.9. Tac. Ann. 15.41.1.10. Suet. Ner. 19.3.11. That said, many scholars, especially in France, are beginning to rate him more highly: Fromentin (2016); also, most recently, Madsen (2020).12. See Pelling (1997).13. Frere (1972), 14, 20–22.14. Tac. Ann. 15.43.3.15. There are two very impor tant ancient sources of topographical informa-tion. The Forma Urbis Romae, commonly known as the Severan Marble Plan, is a large marble map of ancient Rome, put together between AD 203 and prob ably 211. The map was made up of marble slabs, mea sur ing in total 18.1 × 13 m. De-stroyed some time during the Middle Ages, the fragments have since then been gradually reassembled, in a pro cess that is still ongoing; see the very useful site: https:// formaurbis . stanford . edu / docs / FURmap . html, accessed March  5, 2020. We are also heavi ly dependent on two “regionary cata logues” of late antiquity, lists of buildings and landmarks arranged according to the fourteen regiones into which Augustus divided the city. It is broadly agreed that the oldest, the Curio-sum, was put together around the time of Diocletian (AD 284–305). The later Notitia was compiled before the death of Constantine (AD 337) and derived its information from a version of the Curiosum.16. By Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus: Livy 1.38.6; 56.2. The first stage involved the conversion of the local brook into a sewer.17. For a recent treatment of the Roman landscape: Arnoldus- Huyzendfeld (2016), 193–97.
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  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. List of Illustrations vii
  4. Series Editor’s Foreword ix
  5. Acknowledgments xi
  6. Timeline xiii
  7. Prologue 1
  8. I Introduction 7
  9. THE FIRE
  10. II Fires in Ancient Rome 27
  11. III The Great Fire 57
  12. IV Responsibility 114
  13. THE AFTERMATH
  14. V The Christians and the Great Fire 143
  15. VI The New Rome 175
  16. VII The Significance of the Great Fire 223
  17. Epilogue. The Great Fire as an Enduring Cultural Phenomenon 253
  18. Principal Sources: Tacitus, Suetonius, and Dio 259
  19. Notes 269
  20. Glossary 305
  21. Bibliography 311
  22. Index 335
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. List of Illustrations vii
  4. Series Editor’s Foreword ix
  5. Acknowledgments xi
  6. Timeline xiii
  7. Prologue 1
  8. I Introduction 7
  9. THE FIRE
  10. II Fires in Ancient Rome 27
  11. III The Great Fire 57
  12. IV Responsibility 114
  13. THE AFTERMATH
  14. V The Christians and the Great Fire 143
  15. VI The New Rome 175
  16. VII The Significance of the Great Fire 223
  17. Epilogue. The Great Fire as an Enduring Cultural Phenomenon 253
  18. Principal Sources: Tacitus, Suetonius, and Dio 259
  19. Notes 269
  20. Glossary 305
  21. Bibliography 311
  22. Index 335
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