[111] Mother of Tiberius by a husband whom she had married before she married Augustus.
[112] Julia, daughter of Julius Cæsar by his wife Cornelia.
[113] From Book XV of the "Annals." The Oxford translation revised.
[114] Caius Piso, lender of an unsuccessful conspiracy against Nero in 65. Other famous Romans of the name of Piso are Lucius, censor, consul and author; another Lucius whose daughter was married to Julius Cæsar; and Cneius, governor of Syria, who was accused of murdering Germanicus.
[115] Poppæa Sabina, who once was the wife of Otho and mistress of Nero. She was afterward divorced from Otho and married to Nero in 62 a.d. She died from the effects of a kick given by Nero.
[116] From Book XV at the "Annals." The Oxford translator revised.
[117] Nero.
[118] Suetonius relates that, when some one repeated to Nero the line "When I am dead, let fire devour the world," he replied, "Let it be whilst I am living." That author asserts that Nero's purpose sprung in part from his dislike of old buildings and narrow streets. During the progress of the fire several men of consular rank met Nero's domestic servants with torches and combustibles which they were using to start fires, but did not dare to stay their hands. Livy asserts that, after it was destroyed by the Gauls, Rome had been rebuilt with narrow winding streets.
[119] A city in the central Apennines, six miles from Lake Fucinus.
[120] Near the Esquiline.