Section 2: Annals 15.33–45

Steve Jenkin

September 12, 2013

¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 15.33–45 can be divided as follows:

¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 i.        33.1–34.1: Nero’s coming-out party as stage performer

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 ii.       34.2–35.3: A look at the kind of creatures that populate Nero’s court – and the killing of an alleged rival

¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 iii.      36: Nero considers, but then reconsiders, going on tour to Egypt

¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 iv.      37: To show his love for Rome, Nero celebrates a huge public orgy that segues into a (publicly consummated) mock-wedding with his freedman Pythagoras

¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 v.       38–41: The fire of Rome

¶ 7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 vi.      42–43: Reconstructing the Capital: Nero’s New Palace

¶ 8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 vii.     44: Appeasing the gods and Christians as scapegoats

¶ 9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 viii.   45: Raising funds for buildings