The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City (42 page)

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Authors: Stephen Dando-Collins

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Index
 
 
Abraham
 
Achaia, singing contest in.
See also
Singing contest
 
Acta diurna
 
Acte (mistress of Nero)
 
Actor, Nero as
 
Acts of the Apostles
 
Adoptions
 
Aemilian Basilica
 
Aeneas
 
Africa
 
Agricola, Gnaeus Julius
 
Agrippa, Fonteius
 
Agrippa, Marcus (Nero’s great-grandfather)
 
and cult of Isis
 
and water supply
 
Agrippa I (Marcus Julius)
 
Agrippa II (Marcus Julius)
 
Agrippa’s Lake
 
Agrippina the Younger (mother of Nero)
 
and Acte
 
and Britannicus
 
and Capito
 
memoirs of
 
murder of
 
and Octavia
 
and Seneca
 
as wife of Claudius
 
Agrippinus
 
Alexander (the coppersmith)
 
Alexander the Great
 
Alexandria (nurse)
 
Alienus Caecina
 
Aliturius
 
Anicetus
 
Anicius, Cerialis
 
Animals, adoration of
 
Annals
(Tacitus)
 
Anteius, Publius
 
Antioch
 
Antium, singing contest in.
See also
Singing contest
 
Antonia (daughter of Claudius)
 
and Poppaea Sabina
 
Antonia (daughter of Mark Antony)
 
Antonia Fortress
 
Antony, Mark (Marcus Antonius)
 
Anubis
 
Apollonius of Tyrana
 
Applauders
 
Applause
 
Aqueducts
 
Arcades
 
Arch of Germanicus
 
Archery
 
Armenia
 
Arminius
 
Arria (wife of Thrasea)
 
Arson
 
and Great Fire
 
and landlords
 
and Nero
 
Artaxata
 
Artist(s)
 
Greeks as
 
Nero as
 
Arulenus, Rusticus
 
Arx
 
Asclepiodotus, Cassius (of Nicaea)
 
Asia
 
Asper, Sulpicius
 
Astrology
 
Atilla
 
Atria (Piso’s wife)
 
Atticus
 
Augusta (daughter of Nero)
 
Augustans
 
Augustus Caesar
 
and Antium
 
and Basilica Aemilia
 
and chariot races
 
and firefighting
 
and German Cohorts
 
and gladiatorial contest
 
and legions
 
letters and memoirs of
 
and Praetorian prefects
 
and public opinion
 
Australia
 
Aventine Hill
 
and Great Fire
 
Avernus canal
 
 
Basilica Aemilia.
See
Aemilian Basilica
 
Basilica Julia
 
Bathhouses
 
Beast hunts
 
Beneventum
 
Boudicca’s Revolt
 
and Seneca
 
and Suetonius Paulinus
 
and Turpilianus
 
Boxing
 
Britain
 
and gladiatorial contest
 
invasion of
 
revolt in
 
and Seneca
 
Britannicus
 
Brothels
 
Brutus, Marcus
 
Building regulations
 
Buildings
 
Burrus, Afranius
 
and Agrippina, murder of
 
Bush fires
 
 
Caedicia (wife of Scaevinus)
 
Caelian Hill
 
and Great Fire
 
Caenis (mistress of Vespasian)
 
Caesar, Germanicus Julius.
See
Germanicus Julius Caesar
 
Caesar, Julius
 
and
Acta diurna
 
assassination of
 
and Caspian Gates
 
and chariot races
 
and Civic Crown
 
and Corinth Canal
 
and dress code
 
and epilepsy
 
funeral of
 
and Jewish priests
 
and months, names of
 
and Praetorian Cohorts
 
and public opinion
 
and Temple of Venus Genetrix
 
and vestals
 
and wheeled traffic
 
Caesarian dynasty, end of
 
Caligula (Gaius Caesar)
 
and chariot races
 
and cult of Isis
 
and Jewish priests
 
and public opinion
 
and Vatinus
 
Campania
 
Campus Martius
 
and Great Fire
 
Capital crimes
 
Capito, Cossutianus
 
Capito, Fonteius
 
Capitoline Mount
 
and Great Fire
 
Capitoline temples
 
Caspian Gates
 
Cassiope
 
Cassius (bodyguard)
 
Cassius Dio.
See
Dio, Cassius
 
Cassius Longinus, Gaius
 
Cassius the Liberator
 
Castra Praetoria
 
Celer, Publius Egnatius
 
Celtic priests
 
Cerealia
 
Ceres
 
Cerialis Anicius
 
Chaeremon
 
Chariot races
 
Charioteer
 
Nero as
 
Chief priest
(pontifex maximus)
 
Christian martyrs
 
and Great Fire
 
Christianity
 
and cult of Isis
 
and Jews
 
and Nero
 
Circus Flaminius

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