Deed — 2 authors face each other below

burning of the Capitol

kind: fire · December 69 CE — the editor’s frame · 4 mentions across 4 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass receipt — the witness index

The destruction of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus during the Vitellian assault; Domitian's escape in a linen disguise is part of the scene.

Where the accounts part — the record’s own argument; the witnesses below carry the receipts

Who burned Rome's holiest temple? Suetonius says Vitellius 'set fire to the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus and destroyed them, viewing the battle and the fire from the house of Tiberius, where he was feasting.' Tacitus — who calls it 'the most deplorable and disgraceful event that had happened to the Commonwealth of Rome since the foundation of the city' — leaves the firebrand's ownership disputed between besieger and besieged. The future emperor Domitian slips out disguised in the confusion, in his own biographer's telling.

The regnal line — the editor’s table of years, never the record’s voice

Anchored at 69 CE on the editor’s table of years .

· 69 CE — date secure ·

19 December 69 CE, in the fighting between Vitellian troops and Flavius Sabinus' partisans besieged on the Capitol.

The accounts, side by side — each witness in its own words; every quote is the served record’s, linked to its episode

Suetonius · 2 accounts

15 the principal narrative The firing charged to Vitellius, feasting as he watched.

Then he set fire to the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus and destroyed them, viewing the battle and the fire from the house of Tiberius Suet. Vit. 15

Vitellius · J. C. Rolfe, 1913

1 in passing Domitian's night in the temple-keeper's lodging and his morning escape.

When the enemy forced an entrance and the temple was fired, he hid during the night with the guardian of the shrine Suet. Dom. 1

Domitian · J. C. Rolfe, 1913

Tacitus · one account

3.71–3.72 the principal narrative The assault up the hill, the fire, and the historian's lament.

the infuriated soldiery arrived, without any leader, every man acting on his own impulse. Tac. Hist. 3.71

This was the most deplorable and disgraceful event that had happened to the Commonwealth of Rome since the foundation of the city Tac. Hist. 3.72

The Histories · Alfred John Church & William Jackson Brodribb, 1864

Who stands in this deed — standing in the same episodes; counted by the house’s first pass

Vespasian — 2 episodes shared Aelius — a candidate entry Caesar — a candidate entry Caius — a candidate entry Claudius — a candidate entry Domitian — a candidate entry Lamia — a candidate entry Nero — 1 episode shared Tiberius — 1 episode shared Vitellius — 1 episode shared

Doors to the sister houses

logoi — the words

No door is cut to the word-house from this room yet. logoi.health keeps the words meanwhile.

mythoi — the stories

No door is cut to the story-house from this room yet. mythoi.health keeps the stories meanwhile.

The record here: The Histories, Herodotus — Godley, 1920–25 · Parallel Lives, Plutarch — Perrin, 1914–26 · 166 works · 12,119 episodes served

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