. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . in the same way as thatby which Socrates was despatched. The cup was prepared, but in vain, hislimbs were now cold and he seemed impervious to poison: Dying, he said, seems to be a difficult matter. At length he had recourse to a bath of hotwater, whence he besprinkled his slaves and attendants saying that thus heoffered a libation to Jupiter, the Deliverer. Here, from the effects of the steamand loss of blood, he soon lost consciousness and his spirit passed away. Hiscor
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . in the same way as thatby which Socrates was despatched. The cup was prepared, but in vain, hislimbs were now cold and he seemed impervious to poison: Dying, he said, seems to be a difficult matter. At length he had recourse to a bath of hotwater, whence he besprinkled his slaves and attendants saying that thus heoffered a libation to Jupiter, the Deliverer. Here, from the effects of the steamand loss of blood, he soon lost consciousness and his spirit passed away. Hiscorpse was burnt without any funeral ceremony or religious rites, for so he haddirected. Nero, who had no dislike for Paulina, on hearing what she had done,ordered at once that her death should be prevented, and in consequence, herslaves and freed-men bound up her arms and staunched the blood. Thus shegained a few more years of life, and lived, ever cherishing the memory of herhusband, but showing by the deathly pallor of her countenance, how nearlyshe had shared his fate. Authorities: Tacitus; Biographic t* Jm^. x^^* f*
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