Brought before Claudius, he made a noble defence and a proud appeal for clemency. Claudius was moved. He bade his lictors strike off the Briton’s chains and set him free. His after-career is unknown. In his noblest hour he vanishes from the pages of history.
Caractacus in Rome.
(From the drawing by G. F. Watts, R.A.)
A WARRIOR QUEEN.
“Me they seized and me they tortured, me they lashed and humiliated;
Me the sport of ribald veterans, mine of ruffian violators.”