History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . him to listen tothe innocent and not to deliver a consul, his old friend, into thehands of a slave. It was all in vain ; she then returned to herfather, to tell him courageously that he was destined to Vetus scorned to stain his will with the name ofhis murderer. He called his slaves to him, distributed his moneyamong them, and ordered them to take possession of everythingwhich they could, except three couches, which he reserved for thefuneral obsequies. This being done, he, with his mot
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . him to listen tothe innocent and not to deliver a consul, his old friend, into thehands of a slave. It was all in vain ; she then returned to herfather, to tell him courageously that he was destined to Vetus scorned to stain his will with the name ofhis murderer. He called his slaves to him, distributed his moneyamong them, and ordered them to take possession of everythingwhich they could, except three couches, which he reserved for thefuneral obsequies. This being done, he, with his mother-in-lawand his daughter, opened their veins in the same room, with thesame instrument, and three generations perished at once under thesame roof.^ But there is no appeasing fear, and Nero had been the conspiracy of Piso one condemnation had followed anotherwith fearful rapidity. Just now it fell upon Antistius Yetus, againit becomes the turn of Publius Anteius; the brave Marcus OstoriusScapula, of whose strength even his murderers were afraid, but ^ Tac, Ami., xvi. Funeral Ceremony (lias-relief in the Louvre), NKKO, 13 OCTOBER, 54 TO 9 JUNE, 68 , 533 who held up his throat to thein without resistance ; Auiueus Mela,the father of lAican ; Anicius Cerialis, Rufrius Crispinus, formerprefect of the priietorium ; Petronius, voluptuous and effeminate,who, playing with death, opened his veins, closed them againto open them ancAV, while songs and gay poetry were recited tohim. Some of his slaves he rewarded, others he ordered to bepunished, he walked and slept, and to end all, described in hiswill the most monstrous - of INeros debaucheries and sent it to himsealed (6()). Like many of his day he spent his life badly, butended it bravely. This Stoic style of dying seemed to have becomea sort of custom which every man who had any self-respect wasbound to observe. The most illustrious victim was Thrasea Psetus. In killinghim, said Tacitus, Nero hoped to des
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