Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . The outrageous profligacy audruinous excesses which prevailed iu the times•of Claudius aud Nero luul brought about anatural reaction in favor of the rough aud:savage virtues of the olden time. The allegedpuritauism of which Domitiauus was anxiousto be consi
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . The outrageous profligacy audruinous excesses which prevailed iu the times•of Claudius aud Nero luul brought about anatural reaction in favor of the rough aud:savage virtues of the olden time. The allegedpuritauism of which Domitiauus was anxiousto be considered the champion was a mere re-vival of the superstitions and truculence wiiichbelonged to a bygone age. Society had takenon an aspect which rendered impossible the?enforcement of the edicts, and his Reformswere of the sort which in the times of the Res-toration were attributed to Sir Huirh de Bras. The Emperor lived in constant dread of as-sassination. Against what he felt to Ije hisimpending fiite he adopted cvitv jiMssilile pre-caution. He hired infurnirrs. He confinedhis goings to the lia^iln-a. He surroundedhimself with guards. He pmcured the assas-siuation of the susi)ected. He attempted bymeans of shows and banquets and lavish ex-penditures to distract the minds of the jieoplefrom the essential hatred of himself and his. court. It was all in vain. A plot was at lastconcocted against his life, aud the members ofthe conspiracy were they of his own was given out that a child entering theEmperors apartments found therein a tabletcontaining the names of the empress aud othermendiers of the family in a list of those to beassassinated. Thereupon they turned and de-stroved the destroyer. The blow was struckby a certain freedman named Stephanus, whothus liecame the avenger of a thousand victimsof Imperial cruelty. UNIVEnSAL lUSTUliV.—TIJE AMJEXT MOULD. Dijiuitiauus wasperors. He aimarks a break between the exold forces of goveriiiueiit wliiwith the great Julius
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