43

Question 1

domui supererant

Answer 1

savagely ironic, implying that his palace is as destructive to the city as the fire was, as chapter 40 concludes with the same verb

Question 2

latis viarum spatiis

Answer 2

unlike narrowness of streets before which helped fire spread - good idea

Question 3

porticibus

Answer 3

protect blocks of flats from fire, and shields them from passing traffic and the sun - good idea

Question 4

sua pecunia

Answer 4

‘generous’

Question 5

purgatasque areas dominis traditurum pollicitus est

Answer 5

seems just and noble

Question 6

pollicitus est

Answer 6

sting in the tail - we don’t know if he kept to this promise

Question 7

ruderi… rudere

Answer 7

polyptoton, and beginning and final positions in text, conveys the smart scheme, enacting the conveyor belt system for transporting the rubble

Question 8

ipsa

Answer 8

stresses his attention to detail

Question 9

sine trabibus saxo Gabino Albanove

Answer 9

juxtaposition emphasises replacement of wooden beams with fireproof rock

Question 10

iam aqua

Answer 10

prominent position stresses need to address problem of water theft

Question 11

privatorum… in publicum

Answer 11

inverts his usual conduct, makes some amends for his previous extensive encroachment of public space

Question 12

licentia

Answer 12

ablative of cause heaps condemnation on thieving Romans

Question 13

custodes

Answer 13

to ensure individuals could not siphon off water for themselves

Question 14

quisque

Answer 14

emphasises attempt to achieve universal fire protection

Question 15

parietum… muris

Answer 15

two different words for ‘wall’ - enacts change of regulations

Question 16

decorem

Answer 16

T is very approving

Question 17

tamen

Answer 17

marks change to critical tone

Question 18

angustiae itinerum et altitudo tectorum

Answer 18

Nero has a no-win position with critics

Question 19

perrumperentur

Answer 19

subjunctive form distances T from critics’ opinion

Question 20

patulam latitudinem

Answer 20

metonymic - exaggerated language

Question 21

nulla umbra

Answer 21

hyperbole

Question 22

graviore aestu

Answer 22

powerful phrase

Question 23

ardescere

Answer 23

metaphor