Jacob Abbott
Nero
Makers of History Series
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4057664639462
Table of Contents
Chapter I.
Nero's Mother.
The Assassination of Caligula.
The Accession of Claudius.
The Fate of Messalina.
The Childhood of Nero.
Nero an Emperor.
Britannicus.
The Fate of Agrippina.
Extreme Depravity.
Piso's Conspiracy.
The Fate of the Conspirators.
The Expedition into Greece.
Nero's End.
Environs of Rome.
PREFACE.
In writing the series of historical narratives to which the present work pertains, it has been the object of the author to furnish to the reading community of this country an accurate and faithful account of the lives and actions of the several personages that are made successively the subjects of the volumes, following precisely the story which has come down to us from ancient times. The writer has spared no pains to gain access in all cases to the original sources of information, and has confined himself strictly to them. The reader may, therefore, feel assured in perusing any one of these works, that the interest of it is in no degree indebted to the invention of the author. No incident, however trivial, is ever added to the original account, nor are any words even, in any case, attributed to a speaker without express authority. Whatever of interest, therefore, these stories may possess, is due solely to the facts themselves which are recorded in them, and to their being brought together in a plain, simple, and connected narrative.
ENGRAVINGS.
| PAGE | |
| MAP—ENVIRONS OF ROME | Frontispiece. |
| ENCAMPMENT OF A ROMAN LEGION | 21 |
| CÆSONIA | 53 |
| DISCOVERY OF CLAUDIUS | 64 |
| MESSALINA IN THE GARDEN | 89 |
| THE POISONING OF CLAUDIUS | 132 |