Contents

CHAPTER I.
ON THE APPIAN WAY		[7]
CHAPTER II.
IN CÆSAR'S PALACE		[17]
CHAPTER III.
EMPRESS AND SLAVE		[23]
CHAPTER IV.
THE IMPERIAL BANQUET		[33]
CHAPTER V.
THE CHRISTIANS AND THE LIONS		[43]
CHAPTER VI.
THE MARTYR'S BURIAL		[54]
CHAPTER VII.
WITH HILARUS, THE FOSSOR		[64]
CHAPTER VIII.
WITH PRIMITIUS, THE PRESBYTER		[75]
CHAPTER IX.
A DIFFICULT QUEST		[86]
CHAPTER X.
A WICKED PLOT		[92]
CHAPTER XI
THE SLAVE MARKET		[97]
CHAPTER XII.
THE LOST FOUND		[105]
CHAPTER XIII.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER		[111]
CHAPTER XIV.
"UNSTABLE AS WATER"		[117]
CHAPTER XV.
AT THE BATHS		[124]
CHAPTER XVI.
THE GAMING TABLE		[129]
CHAPTER XVII.
"IN PERICULIS TUTUS"		[135]
CHAPTER XVIII
THE MIDNIGHT PLOT		[142]
CHAPTER XIX
IN THE TOILS OF THE TEMPTER		[148]
CHAPTER XX
THE PLOT THICKENS		[153]
CHAPTER XXI.
A CRIME PREVENTED		[161]
CHAPTER XXII.
THE STORM BURSTS		[168]
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE MAMERTINE PRISON		[177]
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE EVE OF MARTYRDOM		[184]
CHAPTER XXV.
A ROMAN HOLIDAY		[188]
CHAPTER XXVI
THE MARTYRS CROWNED		[199]
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE MARTYRS BURIED		[205]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE BETRAYAL—THE PURSUIT		[215]
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE DOOM OF THE TRAITOR		[224]
CHAPTER XXX.
FATE OF THE PERSECUTORS—
TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY		[229]