History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . rhaps would have governed no better thanhe. He eulogized the emj^erorhighly in a codicil to his will,and while aAvaiting the arrivalof the soldiers to arrest him,opened his veins. The pre-fect of the proetorium, FaeniusEufus, also disgraced his testa-ment with base regrets. The consul Yestinus wasmore courageous. AVhile hewas giving a great banquetsoldiers arrived and demandedhim ; he rose, followed thetribune into a chamber, wherethe surgeon was in veins were opened, and hewas carried, st
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . rhaps would have governed no better thanhe. He eulogized the emj^erorhighly in a codicil to his will,and while aAvaiting the arrivalof the soldiers to arrest him,opened his veins. The pre-fect of the proetorium, FaeniusEufus, also disgraced his testa-ment with base regrets. The consul Yestinus wasmore courageous. AVhile hewas giving a great banquetsoldiers arrived and demandedhim ; he rose, followed thetribune into a chamber, wherethe surgeon was in veins were opened, and hewas carried, still full of life,into a warm bath, withoututtering a Avord. Lateranus, who had beenappointed consul, refused toreveal anything ; Epaphroditus,the messenger of Xero, onlygained from him this reply : When I have anything to tell I will tell it to your tribune avIio had the execution in charge also belonged tothe conspiracy. Lateranus held out his neck without a word,and as the first blow only wounded him he shook his head andplaced it again in a proper position to be struck off.^. -^?^^^^ Senoca. ^ Tac, Arm., xv. 65. ^ Marble statue found at Tusculura (Campana Museum. H. dEscanips, op. cit., No. 73). * I]pictetus. I. i. 20. 526 THE AND THE , 14 TO 96 ). Seneca could uot die so simply. lie prudently refused to beput forward, but some of tlie conspirators, it Avas said, desiredafter Kero should have been made away with by Piso, to getrid of him also and make Seneca emperor. He was returningfrom Campania to Eome, on the day of the execution, and hadstopped at a villa four miles beyond the walls, when the emperor,urged on by Popptea, informed him of the accusations of asked the messenger upon his return if the guilty man hadpassed judgment on himself. He has no idea of doing so,answered the tribune, a\1io was sent back with a death warrant. i-^^^^
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