The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City (45 page)

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Piso, Gnaeus Calpurnius
 
Piso Plot
 
and Great Fire
 
and informants
 
and informants, rewards for
 
and Soranus, trial of
 
and Thrasea Paetus, Publius, trial of
 
See also
Conspiracy
 
Plague
 
Plautus, Rubellius Blandus
 
Plebian Games (Ludi Plebii)
 
Pliny the Elder (aka Gaius Plinius)
 
and dress code
 
and gladiatorial contest
 
Pliny the Younger
 
and conspiracy
 
and Martial
 
Plots and revolts.
See also
Conspiracy
 
Poet(s)
 
Nero as
 
Poison
 
Polla (wife of Lucan)
 
Pollio, Annius
 
Pollutia, Antistia
 
Pollutia (daughter of Vetus)
 
Pompeia Paulina
 
and Seneca, suicide of
 
suicide attempt of
 
Pompeii
 
Pompey the Great
 
Pontifex Maximus
 
Pontius Pilatus (Pilate)
 
Poppaea Sabina (wife of Nero)
 
and conspiracy
 
death of
 
and divine honors
 
and Joseph bar Matthias
 
and Octavia Augustus
 
and shrine dedication
 
and Sporus
 
Praetorian Cavalry
 
and Great Fire
 
Praetorian Cohorts (aka Praetorian Guard)
 
and conspiracy
 
defection of
 
and interrogation
 
Praetorian Guard.
See
Praetorian Cohorts
 
Praetorian prefects
 
and Nero, fall of
 
See also individual prefects
 
Priests of Isis
 
Priests of Isis
 
Priscus, Gaius Helvidius
 
Priscus, Novius
 
Proconsuls
 
Proculus, Cervarius
 
Proculus, Volusius
 
Proserpina
 
Prostitutes
 
Proximus, Statius
 
Pseudo Neros
 
Ptolemy
 
Public games
 
Public opinion
 
Public sentence
 
Puncturers
 
Puteoli games
 
Pythagoras (Greek freedman)
 
Pythia (priestess)
 
Pythian Games
 
Pythias (woman of Octavia)
 
 
Quaestors
 
Quindecimviri
 
Quinquennial Games.
See
Neronian Games
 
Quintianus, Afranius
 
and conspiracy
 
and interrogation
 
Quirinal Hill
 
and Great Fire
 
Quo Vadis
(movie)
 
Quo Vadis
(Sienkiewicz)
 
 
Ramses II,
 
Recruiting officers (conquisitors)
 
Religious festivals.
See also
Festivals
 
Remus
 
Reputation, of Nero
 
Reservoirs
 
“Returned to life” legend
 
Revolts.
See
Plots and revolts
 
Rewards, for informants
 
Roman books
 
Roman Games.
See
Great Games;
individual games
 
Roman theaters
 
Romanus, Fabius
 
Rome
 
AD(map)
 
AD(map)
 
and building and fire regulations
 
rebuilding and restoration of
 
See also
Great Fire
 
Romulus
 
Rubria (vestal)
 
Rubrius Gallus
 
Rufus, Faenius
 
and conspiracy
 
and interrogation
 
and Seneca
 
Rufus, Verginius
 
Rumor mongering, against Nero
 
Rusticus, Fabius
 
and Seneca
 
 
Sabinus, Flavius
 
and Great Fire
 
and water supply system
 
Sallustius Crispus (aka Sallust)
 
Sanhedrin
 
Sardonychis
 
Saul of Tarsus.
See
Paul, Saint
 
Scaevinus, Flavius
 
and conspiracy
 
and interrogation
 
Schools
 
Scribonius brothers
 
Sejanus
 
and rumor mongering
 
and Seneca
 
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
 
and adultery
 
and Agrippina, murder of
 
as chief of staff
 
and conspiracy
 
estates of
 
and fund-raising
 
and Martial
 
and Mela
 
as Nero’s successor
 
and Pedo
 
poisoning attempt against
 
and public opinion
 
resignation of
 
in retirement
 
and Rusticus, Fabius
 
and stealthy calumnies, charge of
 
suicide of
 
summer resort of
 
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (father of Seneca, above)
 
Senecio, Tullinus
 
and conspiracy
 
Serapis
 
Servian Walls
 
and Great Fire
 
Servilia (daughter of Soranus)
 
Servilian Gardens
 
Servius Tullus
 
Severus, Verulanus
 
Sewer system
 
Sextia (mother-in-law of Vetus)
 
Sextus Julius Frontinus
 
Sexuality, of Nero
 
Shopping centers
 
Sibylline Books
 
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
 
Silanus, Junius Torquatus
 
Silanus, Lucius
 
Silanus, Marcus Junius Torquatus
 
Silia
 
Silvanus, Gavius
 
and conspiracy
 
and interrogation
 
and Seneca
 
Singer, Nero as.
See also
Singing contests
 
Singing contest
 
in Achaia
 
in Antium
 
in Greece
 
at Isthmian Games
 
in Neapolis
 
at Theater of Pompey
 
Sisena, Statilius Taurus
 
Social system
 
Soranus, Barea
 
charges against
 
trial of
 
Sosianus, Lucius Antistius
 
Spain
 
Spartacus
 
Spiculus
 
Spirituality, of Nero
 
Sporus
 
Stage fright, and Nero
 
Stagnum Neronis
 
Statilia Messalina (mistress of Nero)
 
Statius Annaeus
 
Stoicism
 
Streets, and firefighting
 
Suetonius
 
and Great Fire, account of
 
Suetonius Paulinus
 
Suicide
 
of Nero
 
of Seneca
 
vs. execution(
see also
Execution)
 
Sulla Felix, Faustus Cornelius
 
Sulpicius
 
Summer resorts
 
Superstition
 
Syria
 
Jewish Revolt in (
see also
Jewish Revolt)
 
 
Tabularium
 
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
 
and conspiracy
 
and Great Fire, account of
 
Tarquinus Superbus (aka Tarquin the Proud)
 
Temple at Jerusalem
 
Temple of Apollo
 
Temple of Ceres
 
Temple of Claudius
 
Temple of Fortune
 
Temple of Hercules
 
Temple of Isis
 
Temple of Jupiter
 
Temple of Venus Genetrix
 
Temple of Vesta
 
Temples
 
Terpus
 
Teutoburg Forest
 
Theater
 
Theater at Delphi
 
Theater of Pompey
 
singing contest at(
see also
Singing contest)

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