Introduction

Abstract

The fire of Rome (vi) 42-43: Reconstructing the Capital: Nero's New Palace (vii) 44: Appeasing the Gods, and Christians as Scapegoats (viii) 45: Raising of Funds for Buildings 5. Bibliography 6. Visual aids 6.1 Map of Italy 6.2 Map of Rome 6.3 Family Tree of Nero and Junius Silanus 6.4 Inside the Domus Aurea * * *We would like to thank the team at Open Book Publishers, and in particular Alessandra Tosi, for accepting this volume for publication, speeding it through production -and choosing the perfect reader for the original manuscript: connoisseurs of John Henderson's peerless critical insight will again find much to enjoy in the following pages (acknowledged and unacknowledged), and we are tremendously grateful for his continuing patronage of, and input into, this series.