Darkness and Dawn; Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero. An Historic Tale
CONTENTS
I. THE SOLILOQUIES OF AGRIPPINA
II. AGRIPPINA AND NERO
III. INSTRUMENTA IMPERII
IV. THE CRIME
V. THE MOCKERY OF DEATH
VI. THE ACCESSION OF NERO
VII. SENECA AND HIS FAMILY
VIII. SENECA AND HIS VISITORS
IX. NERO AND HIS COMPANIONS
X. PRINCE BRITANNICUS
XI. ‘A FOREIGN SUPERSTITION’
XII. ONESIMUS
XIII. THE ADVENTURES OF A RUNAWAY
XIV. MOTHER AND SON
XV. EMPEROR AND ÆSTHETE
XVI. EVENTS IN THE VILLA POLLUX
XVII. AMUSEMENTS OF AN EMPEROR
XVIII. VESPASIAN’S FARM
XIX. OTHO’S SUPPER AND WHAT CAME OF IT
XX. BROTHER AND SISTER
XXI. AMONG THE CHRISTIANS
XXII. BRITANNICUS AND HIS SONG
XXIII. PERILS OF BRITANNICUS
XXIV. BRITANNICUS UNDERGOES A NEW EXPERIENCE
XXV. LOCUSTA
XXVI. A BANQUET AND A CONVERSATION
XXVII. DEATH IN THE GOBLET
XXVIII. THE LAST OF THE CLAUDII
XXIX. AGRIPPINA AT BAY
XXX. A PRIVATE TRIAL
XXXI. THE INTERIOR OF A SLAVE-PRISON
XXXII. WANDERINGS OF AN OUTCAST
XXXIII. TITUS AND THE VESTAL
XXXIV. AN EVIL EPOCH
XXXV. THE MATRICIDE
XXXVI. SELF-AVENGED
XXXVII. VICTOR OVER THE PUBLIC SERVITUDE
XXXVIII. THE GLADIATORS’ SCHOOL
XXXIX. THE FIGHT IN THE ARENA
XL. THE SPOLIARIUM
XLI. THE KING OF THE GROVE
XLII. A MASSACRE OF SLAVES
XLIII. A NOTABLE PRISONER
XLIV. A SUPPER AT VESPASIAN’S
XLV. POPPÆA VICTRIX
XLVI. THE DEATH OF OCTAVIA
XLVII. A FETTERED AMBASSADOR
XLVIII. ENSLAVED AND FREE
XLIX. THE DEPTHS OF SATAN
L. A CITY IN FLAMES
LI. AN INFERNAL SUGGESTION
LII. ALITURUS AMONG THE CHRISTIANS
LIII. ‘HE WHO SAW THE APOCALYPSE’
LIV. IN THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE
LV. TWO MARTYRDOMS
LVI. LIVING TORCHES
LVII. A CONSPIRACY AND ITS COLLAPSE
LVIII. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SENECA
LIX. THE AGONY OF AN EMPRESS
LX. THE DOOM OF VIRTUE
LXI. BEFORE THE LION
LXII. NERO IN GREECE
LXIII. MUTTERING THUNDER
LXIV. AT THE THREE FOUNTAINS
LXV. IN THE CLUTCH OF NEMESIS
LXVI. L’ENVOI
FOOTNOTES
NOTES
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
BOOK I
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‘_CLOTHO FERT FUSUM_’