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Referenced multiple times as a primary source for Nero's life. Tom mentions reading Suetonius as a child and describes him as 'by far the biggest bitch' among the biographers who wrote about Nero.

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Referenced as one of the main historical sources on Nero. Mentioned alongside Suetonius as elite Roman historians who wrote negative accounts of Nero's reign.

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Explicitly mentioned as a biblical text that 'portrays Nero as one of the two beasts' and depicts Rome as 'the whore of Babylon' - described as a portrayal of Nero's Rome.

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Referenced when discussing Livia as 'the murderous matriarch' that 'viewers of I, Claudius will remember,' and later when discussing Christopher Biggins's portrayal of Nero.

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Explicitly described as 'a late first century text' that contains a description of Nero as 'Bilear,' a cosmic figure of evil.

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Referenced when discussing Peter Ustinov's portrayal of Nero as a 'fat comic' and 'murderous Billy Bunter' in the film adaptation of this novel.

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Explicitly described as 'the Marquis de Sade's horrible novel' which contains a passage where a character expresses worship of Nero as her 'ideal and my God.'

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Referenced as 'the best book on Nero' by a scholar who argues convincingly about the meaning of Nero's last words 'qualis artefacts perio.'