CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.NERO'S MOTHER[13]
II.THE ASSASSINATION OF CALIGULA[34]
III.THE ACCESSION OF CLAUDIUS[55]
IV.THE FATE OF MESSALINA[77]
V.THE CHILDHOOD OF NERO[105]
VI.NERO AN EMPEROR[124]
VII.BRITANNICUS[148]
VIII.THE FATE OF AGRIPPINA[172]
IX.EXTREME DEPRAVITY[208]
X.PISO'S CONSPIRACY[228]
XI.THE FATE OF THE CONSPIRATORS[250]
XII.THE EXPEDITION INTO GREECE[272]
XIII. NERO'S END[299]

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]
THE JEWELRY[157]
THE ATTEMPT OF ANICETUS[197]
BURNING OF ROME[226]
THE KNIFE[245]
BRINGING EPICHARIS TO THE TORTURE[254]
PHAON AT THE WALL[316]

NERO

Chapter I.