  CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Soliloquies of Agrippina II. Agrippina CHAPTER I THE SOLILOQUIES OF AGRIPPINA CHAPTER III INSTRUMENTA IMPERII CHAPTER V THE MOCKERY OF DEATH CHAPTER VI THE ACCESSION OF NERO CHAPTER VII SENECA AND HIS FAMILY CHAPTER VIII SENECA AND HIS VISITORS CHAPTER IX NERO AND HIS COMPANIONS CHAPTER XI 'A FOREIGN SUPERSTITION' CHAPTER XIII THE ADVENTURES OF A RUNAWAY CHAPTER XV EMPEROR AND AESTHETE. CHAPTER XVI EVENTS IN THE VILLA POLLUX CHAPTER XVII AMUSEMENTS OF AN EMPEROR CHAPTER XVIII VESPASIAN'S FARM CHAPTER XIX OTHO'S SUPPER AND WHAT CAME OF IT CHAPTER XXI AMONG THE CHRISTIANS CHAPTER XXII BRITANNICUS AND HIS SONG CHAPTER XXIII PERILS OF BRITANNICUS CHAPTER XXIV BRITANNICUS UNDERGOES A NEW EXPERIENCE CHAPTER XXVI A BANQUET AND A CONVERSATION CHAPTER XXVII DEATH IN THE GOBLET CHAPTER XXVIII THE LAST OF THE CLAUDII CHAPTER XXXI THE INTERIOR OF A SLAVE-PRISON CHAPTER XXXII WANDERINGS OF AN OUTCAST CHAPTER XXXIII TITUS AND THE VESTAL CHAPTER XXXVII VICTOR OVER THE PUBLIC SERVITUDE CHAPTER XXXVIII THE GLADIATORS' SCHOOL CHAPTER XXXIX THE FIGHT IN THE ARENA CHAPTER XLI THE KING OF THE GROVE CHAPTER XLII A MASSACRE OF SLAVES CHAPTER XLIII A NOTABLE PRISONER CHAPTER XLIV A SUPPER AT VESPASIAN'S CHAPTER XLVI THE DEATH OF OCTAVIA CHAPTER XLVII A FETTERED AMBASSADOR CHAPTER XLVIII ENSLAVED AND FREE CHAPTER XLIX THE DEPTHS OF SATAN CHAPTER LI AN INFERNAL SUGGESTION CHAPTER LII ALITURUS AMONG THE CHRISTIANS CHAPTER LIII 'HE WHO SAW THE APOCALYPSE' CHAPTER LIV IN THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE CHAPTER LVII A CONSPIRACY AND ITS COLLAPSE CHAPTER LVIII THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SENECA CHAPTER LIX THE AGONY OF AN EMPRESS CHAPTER LXIII MUTTERING THUNDER CHAPTER LXIV AT THE THREE FOUNTAINS CHAPTER LXV IN THE CLUTCH OF NEMESIS Transcriber’s Notes: Punctuation has been standardized. This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note. Footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript number2 and have been accumulated in a single section at the end of the text. Transcriber Notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader. These notes are identified in the text with a superscript ‘T’ and a numberT2 and grouped at the very end of the book. Darkness and Dawn OR SCENES IN THE DAYS OF NERO An Historic Tale BY FREDERIC W. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S. ARCHDEACON AND CANON OF WESTMINSTER, AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE OF CHRIST,” ETC., ETC. NEW YORK LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. LONDON AND BOMBAY 1897 By F. W. Farrar First Edition, September, 1891. Reprinted December, 1891; January and April, 1892; January and September, 1893; February, 1895; May, 1896. University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. VXORI DILECTISSIMAE LIBERORVM PIENTISSIMAE MATRI LABORUM OMNIUM ET CURARUM PARTICIPI FIDELISSIMAE HVNC LIBRVM D. D. D. FREDERICVS GVILIELMVS FARRAR Dolce color d’oriental zaffiro, Che s’accoglieva nel sereno aspetto Dell’aer puro infino al primo giro, Agli occhi miei ricomincio diletto, Tosto ch’io usci fuor dell’aura morta, Che m’avea contristato gli occhi e’l petto. Dante, Purgatorio, I. 13-18. The orient sapphire’s hue of sweetest tone, Which gathered in the aspect calm and bright Of that pure air as far as heaven’s first zone, Now to mine eyes brought back the old delight Soon as I passed forth from the dead dank air Which eyes and heart had veiled with saddest night. Plumptre. |
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