Gaius Plinius Secundus, HN  33.16.54  (ca. A.D. 65): Huius deinde successor Nero Pompei theatrum operuit auro in unum diem, quo Tiridati Armeniae regi ostenderet. Et quota pars ea fuit aureae domus ambientis urbem! His immediate successor Nero covered the theater of Pompeius with gold for one day's purpose, when he was to display it to Tiridates King of Armenia. Yet how small was the theater in comparison with Nero's Golden Palace which goes all round the city! (H. Rackham, trans.)