Endnote 81 – Financing the Colosseum

I want to express my sincere gratitude to Géza Alföldy for inspiring this study and for his great assistance. I also thank E. Badian of Harvard University, Boruch K. Helman of Brookline, Mass., Asher S. Kaufman and Israel Shatzman of Hebrew University and Hershel Shanks, BAR editor, for many helpful suggestions.