Darkness and Dawn
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- Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero. An Historic Tale
F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar
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1. Front matter2. DARKNESS AND DAWN OR SCENES IN THE DAYS OF NERO3. PREFACE4. CHAPTER I THE SOLILOQUIES OF AGRIPPINA5. CHAPTER II AGRIPPINA AND NERO6. CHAPTER III INSTRUMENTA IMPERII7. CHAPTER IV THE CRIME8. CHAPTER V THE MOCKERY OF DEATH9. CHAPTER VI THE ACCESSION OF NERO10. CHAPTER VII SENECA AND HIS FAMILY11. CHAPTER VIII SENECA AND HIS VISITORS12. CHAPTER IX NERO AND HIS COMPANIONS13. CHAPTER X PRINCE BRITANNICUS.14. CHAPTER XI ‘A FOREIGN SUPERSTITION’15. CHAPTER XII ONESIMUS16. CHAPTER XIII THE ADVENTURES OF A RUNAWAY17. CHAPTER XIV MOTHER AND SON18. CHAPTER XV EMPEROR AND ÆSTHETE.19. CHAPTER XVI EVENTS IN THE VILLA POLLUX20. CHAPTER XVII AMUSEMENTS OF AN EMPEROR21. CHAPTER XVIII VESPASIAN’S FARM22. CHAPTER XIX OTHO’S SUPPER AND WHAT CAME OF IT23. CHAPTER XX BROTHER AND SISTER24. CHAPTER XXI AMONG THE CHRISTIANS25. CHAPTER XXII BRITANNICUS AND HIS SONG26. CHAPTER XXIII PERILS OF BRITANNICUS27. CHAPTER XXIV BRITANNICUS UNDERGOES A NEW EXPERIENCE28. CHAPTER XXV LOCUSTA.29. CHAPTER XXVI A BANQUET AND A CONVERSATION30. CHAPTER XXVII DEATH IN THE GOBLET31. CHAPTER XXVIII THE LAST OF THE CLAUDII32. CHAPTER XXIX AGRIPPINA AT BAY33. CHAPTER XXX A PRIVATE TRIAL34. CHAPTER XXXI THE INTERIOR OF A SLAVE-PRISON35. CHAPTER XXXII WANDERINGS OF AN OUTCAST36. CHAPTER XXXIII TITUS AND THE VESTAL37. CHAPTER XXXIV AN EVIL EPOCH38. CHAPTER XXXV THE MATRICIDE39. CHAPTER XXXVI SELF-AVENGED40. CHAPTER XXXVII VICTOR OVER THE PUBLIC SERVITUDE41. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE GLADIATORS’ SCHOOL42. CHAPTER XXXIX THE FIGHT IN THE ARENA43. CHAPTER XL THE SPOLIARIUM44. CHAPTER XLI THE KING OF THE GROVE45. CHAPTER XLII A MASSACRE OF SLAVES46. CHAPTER XLIII A NOTABLE PRISONER47. CHAPTER XLIV A SUPPER AT VESPASIAN’S48. CHAPTER XLV POPPÆA VICTRIX49. CHAPTER XLVI THE DEATH OF OCTAVIA50. CHAPTER XLVII A FETTERED AMBASSADOR51. CHAPTER XLVIII ENSLAVED AND FREE52. CHAPTER XLIX THE DEPTHS OF SATAN53. CHAPTER L A CITY IN FLAMES54. CHAPTER LI AN INFERNAL SUGGESTION55. CHAPTER LII ALITURUS AMONG THE CHRISTIANS56. CHAPTER LIII ‘HE WHO SAW THE APOCALYPSE’57. CHAPTER LIV IN THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE58. CHAPTER LV TWO MARTYRDOMS59. CHAPTER LVI LIVING TORCHES60. CHAPTER LVII A CONSPIRACY AND ITS COLLAPSE61. CHAPTER LVIII THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SENECA62. CHAPTER LIX THE AGONY OF AN EMPRESS63. CHAPTER LX THE DOOM OF VIRTUE64. CHAPTER LXI BEFORE THE LION65. CHAPTER LXII NERO IN GREECE66. CHAPTER LXIII MUTTERING THUNDER67. CHAPTER LXIV AT THE THREE FOUNTAINS68. CHAPTER LXV IN THE CLUTCH OF NEMESIS69. CHAPTER LXVI L’ENVOI70. NOTES71. Transcriber’s Notes: