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The Banks must be restrained, and the financial system reformed, with balance restored between Corporations and the people, before there can be any sustained recovery.
After the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, Nero took a large swath of the destroyed city for himself to build the Domus Aurea (the Golden House). Spanning nearly 100 acres across the Palatine, Esquiline, and Oppian Hills, the complex was famous for its revolving dining rooms, ceilings that showered guests with flower petals, and walls covered in gold leaf. To decorate the entrance he commissioned a massive 115 foot tall bronze figure of himself, modeled after the Colossus of Rhodes.