forfilling
their
windows
.
Even
talc
was
expensive
;
in
its
place
thin
films
of
agate
were
sometimes
used
;
but
among
the
poor
there
was
little
protection
in
their
dwellings
against
cold
.
The
doors
admitted
light
and
air
and
cold
together
,
and
were
always
open
,
except
at
night
,
and
then
a
perforation
in
the
wood
,
or
a
small
window
in
the
wall
,
too
narrow
to
allow
of
ingress
,
served
for
ventilation
.
In
a
huge
block
of
building
like
the
insula
,
there
were
no
chimneys
.
All
cooking
was
done
at
the
hearth
in
the
room
that
served
as
kitchen
and
dining-room
,
often
also
as
bedroom
,
and
the
smoke
found
its
way
out
at
the
doorway
into
the
central
court
.
But
,
in
fact
,
little
cooking
of
food
was
done
,
except
the
boiling
of
pulse
.
The
meals
of
the
poor
consisted
mainly
of
salads
and
fruit
,
with
oil
in
abundance
.
Dressed
always
in
wool
,
in
cold
weather
multiplying
their
wraps
,
the
Roman
citizens
felt
the
cold
weather
much
less
than
we
might
suppose
possible
.
In
the
rain
—
and
in
Rome
in
winter
it
raineth
almost
every
day
—
the
balconies
were
crowded
,
and
then
the
women
wove
,
men
tinkered
or
patched
sandals
,
children
romped
,
boys
played
marbles
and
knuckle-bones
,
and
sometimes
a
minstrel
twanged
a
lyre
and
the
young
girls
danced
to
keep
themselves
warm
.
There
were
little
braziers
,
moreover
,
one
on
every
landing
,
that
were
kept
alight
with
charcoal
,
and
here
,
when
the
women’s
fingers
were
numb
,
they
were
thawed
,
and
children
baked
chestnuts
or
roasted
apples
.
Domitia
had
never
been
in
one
of
these
blocks
of
habitations
of
the
lower
classes
before
,
and
she
was
surprised
.
The
quadrangle
was
almost
like
an
amphitheatre
,
with
its
tiers
of
seats
for
spectators
;
but
here
,
in
place
of
seats
,
were
balconies
,
and
every
balcony
was
alive
with
women
and
children
.
Men
were
absent
;
they
had
gone
out
to
see
the
commencement
of
the
Saturnalia
,
and
of
women
there
were
few
compared
to
the
numbers
that
usually
thronged
these
balconies
.
Eboracus
conducted
his
young
mistress
up
the
first
flight
of
steps
,
and
at
once
a
rush
of
children
was
made
to
him
to
ask
for
toys
and
cakes
.
He
brushed
them
aside
,
and
when
the
mothers
saw
by
the
purple
edge
to
her
dress
that
Domitia
belonged
to
a
noble
family
,
they
called
their
youngsters
away
,
and
saluted
her
by
raising
thumb
and
forefinger
united
to
the
lips
.
The
slave
at
once
conducted
Domitia
through
a
doorway
into
a
little
chamber
,
where
burnt
a
fire
of
olive
sticks
,
and
a
lamp
was
suspended
,
by
the
light
of
which
she
could
see
that
a
sick
woman
lay
on
a
low
bed
.
Domitia
shrank
back
;
but
Eboracus
said
encouragingly
:
“
Be
not
afraid
,
dear
young
mistress
;
this
is
no
catching
disorder
;
Glyceria
suffers
from
an
accident
,
and
will
never
be
well
again
.
She
is
the
sister
of
your
servant
Euphrosyne
.
”
Then
,
approaching
the
sick
woman
,
he
hastily
explained
the
reason
for
his
taking
refuge
with
his
mistress
in
this
humble
lodging
.
The
sick
woman
turned
to
Domitia
with
a
sweet
smile
,
and
in
courteous
words
entreated
her
to
remain
in
her
chamber
so
long
as
was
necessary
.
“
My
husband
,
Paris
,
the
actor
,
is
now
out
;
but
he
will
be
home
shortly
,
I
trust
—
unless
,
”
her
face
grew
paler
with
sudden
dread
,
“
some
ill
have
befallen
him
.
Yet
I
think
not
that
can
be
,
he
is
a
quiet
,
harmless
man
.
”
“
I
thank
you
,
”
answered
Domitia
,
and
took
a
seat
offered
her
by
Eboracus
.
She
looked
attentively
at
the
sick
woman’s
face
.
She
was
no
longer
young
,
she
had
at
one
time
been
beautiful
,
she
had
large
,
lustrous
dark
eyes
,
and
dark
hair
,
but
pain
and
weakness
had
sharpened
her
features
.
Yet
there
was
such
gentleness
,
patience
,
love
in
her
face
,
a
something
which
to
Domitia
was
so
new
,
a
something
so
new
in
that
old
world
,
that
she
could
not
take
her
eyes
off
her
,
wondering
what
the
fascination
was
.
Glyceria
did
not
speak
again
,
modestly
waiting
till
the
lady
of
rank
chose
to
address
her
.
Presently
Domitia
asked
:
“
Have
you
been
long
ill
?
”
“
A
year
,
lady
.
”
“
And
may
I
inquire
how
it
came
about
?
”
“
Alas
!
It
is
a
sad
story
.
My
little
boy
—
—
”
“
You
have
a
son
?
”
“
I
had
—
—
”
“
I
ask
your
pardon
for
the
interruption
;
say
on
.
”
“
My
little
boy
was
playing
in
the
street
,
when
a
chariot
was
driven
rapidly
down
the
hill
,
and
I
saw
that
he
would
be
under
the
horses’
feet
,
so
I
made
a
dart
to
save
him
.
”
“
And
then
?
”
“
I
was
too
late
to
rescue
him
,
and
I
fell
,
and
the
wheel
went
over
me
.
I
have
been
unable
to
rise
since
.
”
“
What
!
like
this
for
all
these
months
!
What
say
the
doctors
?
”
“
Alack
,
lady
!
they
give
me
no
hope
.
”
“
But
for
how
long
may
this
last
?
”
“
I
cannot
say
.
”
“
As
the
gods
love
me
!
if
this
befell
me
,
I
should
refuse
my
food
and
starve
myself
to
death
!
”
“
I
cannot
do
that
.
”
“
What
!
you
lack
the
resolution
?
”
“
I
can
bear
what
is
on
me
laid
by
God
.
”
“
There
is
no
need
to
endure
what
can
be
avoided
.
I
would
make
short
work
of
it
,
were
this
my
lot
.
And
your
husband
?
”
“
He
is
here
.
”
Through
the
door
came
the
actor
,
a
handsome
man
,
of
Greek
type
,
with
a
package
in
his
arms
.
He
would
have
walked
straight
to
his
wife
,
but
had
to
turn
at
the
door
and
drive
off
a
clamorous
pack
of
urchins
who
had
pursued
him
,
believing
that
he
was
laden
with
toys
.
“
There
,
Glyceria
!
”
he
exclaimed
joyously
;
“
they
are
all
for
you
.
There
is
such
a
riot
and
disturbance
and
such
a
crush
in
the
street
,
that
I
had
hard
work
to
push
through
.
I
misdoubt
me
some
are
broken
.
”
“
Oh
,
Paris
!
do
you
not
observe
?
”
“
What
?
I
see
nothing
but
thy
sweet
face
?
”
“
Our
dear
master’s
daughter
,
the
lady
Domitia
Longina
.
”
The
actor
turned
sharply
,
and
was
covered
with
confusion
at
the
unexpected
sight
,
and
almost
let
his
parcel
fall
.
Eboracus
explained
the
circumstances
.
Then
Paris
expressed
his
happiness
,
and
the
pride
he
felt
in
being
honored
by
the
visit
under
his
humble
ceiling
,
of
the
lady
,
the
daughter
of
the
good
and
beloved
master
who
had
given
him
and
Glyceria
their
freedom
.
“
Go
forth
,
Eboracus
,
”
said
Domitia
,
“
and
I
prithee
learn
how
it
has
fared
with
my
mother
.
Bring
me
word
speedily
,
if
thou
canst
.
”
When
the
slave
had
withdrawn
,
she
addressed
Paris
and
Glyceria
.
“
I
beseech
you
,
suffer
me
to
remain
here
in
quiet
,
and
concern
not
yourselves
about
me
.
I
have
been
alarmed
,
and
this
has
shaken
me
.
I
would
fain
rest
in
this
seat
and
not
speak
.
Go
on
with
what
ye
have
to
say
and
do
,
and
consider
me
not
.
So
will
you
best
please
me
.
”
The
actor
was
somewhat
constrained
at
first
,
but
after
a
little
while
overcame
his
reserve
.
He
drew
a
low
table
beside
his
wife’s
couch
,
and
,
stooping
on
one
knee
,
began
to
unlade
his
bundle
.
He
set
out
a
number
of
terra
cotta
figures
on
the
table
,
representing
cocks
and
hens
,
pigs
,
horses
,
cows
and
men
;
some
infinitely
comical
;
at
them
Glyceria
laughed
.
Then
,
as
she
put
forth
a
thin
white
hand
to
take
up
one
of
the
quaintest
images
,
Domitia
noticed
that
Paris
laid
hold
of
it
,
and
pressed
it
to
his
lips
.
A
lump
rose
in
the
girl’s
throat
.
“
No
,
”
thought
she
;
“
if
I
had
one
so
to
love
me
and
consider
me
,
though
I
were
sick
and
in
pain
,
I
would
not
shorten
my
days
.
I
would
live
to
enjoy
his
love
.
”
Then
again
,
falling
into
further
musing
,
she
said
to
herself
:
“
In
time
to
come
,
if
it
chance
that
I
become
ill
,
will
my
Lamia
be
to
me
as
is
this
actor
to
his
poor
wife
?
Will
he
think
of
and
care
for
me
?
But
—
and
if
evil
were
to
befall
him
,
would
not
I
minister
to
him
,
care
for
him
night
and
day
,
and
seek
to
relieve
his
sorrow
?
Would
I
grow
indifferent
when
he
most
needed
me
?
Then
why
think
that
he
should
become
cold
and
neglect
me
?
Are
women
more
inclined
to
be
true
than
men
?
—
Yet
see
this
actor
—
this
Paris
.
By
the
Gods
!
Is
Lamia
like
to
be
a
more
ignoble
man
than
a
poor
freedman
that
gains
his
living
on
the
stage
?
—
I
should
even
be
happy
serving
him
sick
and
suffering
.
Happy
in
doing
my
duty
.
”
And
still
musing
,
she
said
on
to
herself
:
“
Duty
!
Yes
,
I
should
find
content
and
rest
of
mind
in
that
;
but
to
what
would
it
all
lead
?
Only
to
a
heap
of
dust
in
the
end
.
His
light
would
be
extinguished
,
and
then
I
,
having
nothing
else
to
live
for
,
would
die
also
—
by
mine
own
hand
:
—
there
is
nothing
beyond
.
It
all
leads
to
an
ash-heap
.
”
Glyceria
,
observing
the
girl’s
fixed
eye
,
thought
it
was
looking
inquiringly
at
her
,
and
said
in
her
gentle
voice
that
vibrated
with
the
tremulousness
given
by
suffering
:
“
Ah
,
lady
!
the
neighbors
and
their
children
are
very
kind
.
There
is
more
of
goodness
and
piety
in
the
world
than
you
would
suppose
,
seeing
men
and
women
only
in
an
amphitheatre
.
I
can
do
but
very
little
.
One
boy
fetches
me
water
—
that
is
Bibulus
,
and
my
Paris
has
bought
him
this
little
horseman
—
and
Torquata
,
a
little
girl
,
daughter
of
a
cobbler
,
she
sweeps
the
floor
;
and
Dosithea
,
that
is
a
good
widow’s
child
;
she
does
other
neighborly
acts
for
me
;
—
and
they
thrust
me
on
my
bed
to
the
side
of
the
hearth
,
and
bring
me
such
things
as
I
need
,
that
I
may
prepare
the
meals
for
my
husband
.
And
Claudia
,
the
wife
of
a
seller
of
nets
,
she
makes
my
bed
for
me
;
but
all
the
shopping
is
done
for
me
by
Paris
,
and
I
warrant
you
,
lady
,
he
is
quite
knowing
,
and
can
haggle
over
a
fish
or
a
turnip
with
a
market-woman
like
any
housewife
.
”
“
He
is
very
good
to
you
,
”
said
Domitia
.
Then
Paris
turned
,
and
,
putting
his
hand
on
his
wife’s
mouth
,
said
:
“
Lady
!
you
can
little
know
what
a
wife
my
Glyceria
is
to
me
.
I
had
rather
for
my
own
sake
have
her
thus
than
hale
as
of
old
.
Somehow
,
sorrow
and
pain
draw
hearts
together
wondrously
.
”
“
He
is
good
,
”
said
Glyceria
,
twisting
her
mouth
from
his
covering
hand
.
“
We
have
had
a
hard
year
;
on
account
of
the
troubles
,
there
has
been
little
desire
among
the
people
for
the
theatre
,
and
he
has
earned
but
a
trifle
.
I
have
cost
him
much
in
physicians
that
have
done
me
no
good
,
yet
he
never
grumbles
,
he
is
always
cheerful
,
always
tender-hearted
and
loving
.
”
“
Hush
,
wife
!
”
said
Paris
.
“
The
lady
desires
rest
.
Keep
silence
.
”
Then
again
Domitia
fell
a-musing
,
and
the
player
and
his
wife
whispered
to
each
other
about
the
destination
of
the
several
toys
.
Somehow
she
had
hitherto
not
thought
of
the
classes
of
men
and
women
below
her
station
as
having
like
feelings
,
like
longings
,
like
natures
to
her
own
.
They
had
been
to
her
as
puppets
,
even
as
those
clay
figures
ranged
on
the
table
,
mostly
grotesque
.
Now
that
great
pulse
of
love
that
throbs
through
the
world
of
humanity
made
itself
felt
,
it
was
as
though
scales
fell
from
her
eyes
,
and
the
puppets
became
beings
of
flesh
and
blood
to
be
considered
,
capable
of
happiness
and
of
suffering
,
of
virtue
as
well
as
of
vice
.
“
I
have
a
little
lamp
here
—
with
a
fish
—
the
fish
on
it
,
”
said
Paris
in
a
whisper
.
“
It
is
for
Luke
,
the
Physician
.
”
“
What
!
”
exclaimed
Domitia
,
starting
from
her
reverie
,
“
you
know
him
?
We
had
a
talk
once
,
and
it
was
broken
off
and
never
concluded
.
I
would
hear
the
end
of
what
he
was
saying
—
some
day
.
”
CHAPTER
XVII
.
THE
SATURNALIA
OF
69.
Eboracus
brushed
aside
some
urchins
and
girls
blocking
the
door
,
looking
in
with
eager
,
twinkling
eyes
at
the
strange
lady
and
at
the
set
out
of
dolls
on
the
table
.
There
passed
whispers
and
nudges
from
one
to
another
—
but
all
ceased
as
the
British
slave
put
together
his
hands
as
a
swimmer
and
plunged
through
them
.
“
Get
away
you
sprats
and
gudgeons
,
”
said
he
,
good-humoredly
.
Then
entering
,
he
said
to
Domitia
:
“
Lady
,
your
mother
has
reached
home
in
safety
.
I
chanced
to
run
across
Amphibolus
,
sent
out
in
quest
of
you
,
and
the
good-for-naught
had
turned
sulky
,
because
it
is
the
Saturnalia
,
when
,
said
he
,
the
mistress
should
do
the
slave’s
bidding
.
“
That
can
be
,
”
said
he
,
“
but
at
one
time
in
the
year
,
and
should
not
be
forgotten
.
”
And
the
lanes
are
clear
of
rabble
.
If
Paris
here
will
walk
on
one
side
of
you
and
I
on
the
other
,
it
will
be
well
.
That
rascal
Amphibolus
I
bade
wait
,
but
not
he
,
said
he
,
“
Io
Saturne
!
”
”
“
I
will
attend
with
joy
,
”
announced
the
actor
.
Domitia
rose
to
leave
,
she
tendered
thanks
to
Glyceria
and
took
two
steps
towards
the
entrance
,
halted
,
turned
back
,
and
taking
the
thin
hand
of
the
sick
woman
in
hers
,
somewhat
shyly
said
:
“
I
may
come
again
and
see
you
?
”
Before
Glyceria
could
reply
,
so
great
was
her
surprise
,
Domitia
was
gone
.
The
streets
were
nearly
empty
,
they
were
mere
lanes
between
huge
blocks
of
windowless
buildings
,
towering
into
the
sky
,
but
from
the
forum
could
be
heard
a
hubbub
of
voices
,
cries
,
the
clash
of
arms
,
and
anon
a
cheer
.
Presently
—
“
Stand
aside
!
”
said
Paris
,
and
there
swept
down
the
lane
a
number
of
young
fellows
masked
and
tricked
out
in
ribbons
and
scraps
of
tawdry
finery
.
“
I
am
the
king
!
”
shouted
one
,
“
Præfect
of
the
guard
,
arrest
those
people
.
Ha
!
a
woman
.
She
shall
be
my
captive
and
grace
my
triumph
.
”
Eboracus
administered
a
blow
with
his
fist
,
planted
between
the
eyes
of
the
youth
in
pasteboard
armor
who
came
towards
his
young
mistress
.
The
blow
sent
him
flying
backwards
against
the
king
and
upset
him
on
the
pavement
.
A
roar
of
laughter
from
his
mates
,
and
one
shouted
,
“
Hey
Tarquinius
!
thou
must
e’en
fare
like
the
rest
,
Nero
,
Galba
,
Otho
—
and
hem
!
we
know
not
who
else
—
but
down
thou
art
with
the
others
.
”
“
Let
us
go
on
,
”
said
Paris
,
and
without
further
attempt
at
molestation
from
the
revellers
they
pursued
their
way
.
On
reaching
the
palace
inhabited
by
Longa
Duilia
,
a
fresh
difficulty
arose
.
Eboracus
knocked
,
but
there
was
no
porter
at
the
door
to
answer
.
He
knocked
again
and
continued
to
rattle
against
the
panels
,
till
at
length
the
bolt
was
withdrawn
,
and
Euphrosyne
with
timid
face
,
and
holding
a
lamp
appeared
in
the
entrance
.
“
Why
have
you
kept
us
so
long
waiting
?
”
asked
the
Briton
.
“
Eboracus
,
I
could
not
help
myself
.
It
is
the
Saturnalia
,
and
the
slaves
will
do
no
menial
work
.
They
are
carousing
in
the
triclinium
and
,
though
they
heard
the
rap
well
enough
,
none
would
rise
and
respond
.
Then
,
for
very
shame
I
came
,
for
I
thought
it
might
be
my
dear
mistress
.
”
As
Domitia
crossed
the
atrium
,
she
heard
song
and
laughter
and
the
click
of
goblets
issue
from
the
dining-room
.
She
hurried
by
and
entered
her
mother’s
chamber
.
Longa
Duilia
was
in
a
condition
of
resentment
and
irritation
.
“
You
have
arrived
at
last
!
”
said
the
lady
.
“
I’ll
have
that
British
slave’s
hide
well
basted
when
the
Seven
Days
are
over
,
for
disregarding
me
and
considering
your
safety
alone
.
Body
of
Bacchus
!
This
time
of
the
Saturnalia
is
insufferable
.
Not
a
servant
will
do
a
stroke
of
work
,
nor
execute
a
single
order
.
They
are
all
,
forsooth
,
lords
and
ladies
for
seven
days
,
and
we
must
wait
on
them
.
Well
!
if
it
were
not
an
old
custom
,
I’d
get
up
a
procession
of
all
the
matrons
of
Rome
to
entreat
the
Senate
to
abolish
the
usage
.
”
“
Oh
,
mother
dear
,
how
did
you
escape
?
”
“
My
child
!
it
was
as
bad
as
that
bit
of
storm
we
had
getting
out
of
the
Gulf
of
Corinth
,
tossed
about
in
my
palanquin
I
hardly
knew
whether
I
were
thinking
with
my
head
or
with
my
toes
.
But
after
a
while
they
got
me
through
.
Never
,
never
again
will
I
go
gadding
after
the
Gods
to
their
Lectisternia
.
As
the
Gods
love
me
!
this
is
a
topsy-turvy
time
indeed
.
At
the
Saturnalia
no
strife
is
permissible
,
not
a
lawsuit
,
all
quarrels
are
supposed
to
cease
,
not
even
a
malefactor
may
be
executed
,
and
there
are
those
precious
Immortals
with
their
glass
eyes
,
and
extended
hands
snuffing
up
the
fumes
of
their
dinner
,
and
they
allow
fighting
to
go
on
before
them
,
under
their
immortal
noses
,
and
never
interfere
!
But
I
don’t
wonder
.
There
was
Summanus
,
God
of
the
night
thunders
—
and
will
you
believe
it
,
his
own
head
was
struck
off
by
the
heavenly
bolt
.
Ye
Gods
!
if
ye
cannot
mind
your
own
heads
ye
are
not
to
be
trusted
with
ours
.
”
The
lady
was
in
a
condition
of
towering
indignation
.
She
was
affronted
—
she
,
highborn
,
with
a
drop
of
Julian
blood
in
her
,
somewhere
,
—
she
had
been
tossed
about
among
the
heads
and
over
the
shoulders
of
a
dirty
,
garlic-smelling
asafœtida
chewing
rabble
—
had
been
exposed
to
danger
from
the
swords
of
the
Vigiles
on
one
side
,
of
the
Palatine
guard
on
the
other
.
And
when
finally
,
she
reached
home
ruffled
in
garments
,
her
hair
in
disorder
,
and
her
heart
beating
fast
,
she
found
the
house
in
disorder
,
the
slaves
in
possession
keeping
high
holiday
,
and
disregarding
her
shrilly
uttered
,
imperiously
expressed
orders
.
“
I
shall
go
to
bed
,
”
said
the
lady
,
“
I’d
lie
in
bed
all
these
horrible
seven
days
,
but
that
I
know
no
one
will
bring
me
my
meals
.
Never
mind
—
when
the
Saturnalia
are
over
,
I
shall
remember
which
were
insolent
and
disobliging
,
and
they
shall
get
whippings
.
”
But
in
the
house
,
on
the
morrow
the
condition
of
affairs
was
not
quite
so
bad
.
The
servants
were
alive
to
the
fact
that
they
had
liberty
for
seven
days
only
,
and
that
their
mistress
had
a
faculty
of
remembering
and
punishing
disobedience
;
not
indeed
during
the
holiday
period
,
nor
ostensibly
because
of
faults
then
committed
,
but
by
administering
double
chastisement
for
light
offences
committed
later
.
Some
of
the
slaves
,
moreover
,
made
no
attempt
to
use
their
liberty
so
as
to
cause
inconvenience
to
their
mistress
.
But
if
some
sort
of
order
was
established
within
the
palace
,
none
reigned
without
.
There
civil
war
raged
,
at
the
same
time
that
the
citizens
observed
the
festival
,
and
so
long
as
they
kept
out
of
the
way
of
the
soldiery
,
it
did
not
much
concern
them
whether
the
city
force
or
the
palace
garrison
prevailed
.
Primus
,
at
the
head
of
the
Illyrian
legions
was
rapidly
advancing
on
Rome
.
News
had
arrived
that
Spain
and
Gaul
had
declared
for
Vespasian
.
Britain
had
renounced
allegiance
to
Vitellius
,
only
Africa
still
remained
faithful
.
Next
tidings
arrived
that
the
army
of
Vitellius
that
was
at
Narnia
had
surrendered
.
Thereupon
the
gross
,
aged
Emperor
dressed
in
black
,
surrounded
by
his
servants
,
and
carrying
his
son
,
still
a
child
,
came
howling
and
sobbing
from
the
Palatine
through
the
Forum
,
to
surrender
the
insignia
of
Empire
into
the
hands
of
the
Consul
,
in
the
Temple
of
Concord
.
But
the
Consul
refused
to
receive
them
,
and
then
the
German
guard
,
having
wind
of
his
intention
,
became
clamorous
,
and
cried
out
for
the
head
of
Flavius
Sabinus
.
Vitellius
,
unable
to
resign
,
and
incapable
of
reigning
,
wandered
from
one
residence
to
another
,
asking
advice
of
all
his
friends
as
to
what
he
ought
to
do
,
but
taking
none
.
Meanwhile
the
fighting
in
the
streets
of
Rome
had
recommenced
.
Titus
Flavius
Sabinus
,
for
security
escaped
into
the
Capitol
,
and
took
with
him
his
sons
and
daughter
,
and
his
nephew
Domitian
.
There
he
was
formally
besieged
by
the
Imperial
guard
;
and
Sabinus
,
doubting
his
ability
to
hold
out
long
,
sent
off
a
despatch
to
Primus
to
bid
him
hasten
to
his
assistance
.
“
Madam
!
”
exclaimed
Eboracus
rushing
in
,
“
I
pray
you
come
on
the
roof
of
the
house
.
”
“
What
is
the
matter
?
Ye
Gods
!
surely
Rome
is
not
on
fire
again
!
”
“
Madam
!
The
household
guard
are
assaulting
the
Capitol
and
have
indeed
set
fire
to
the
houses
below
,
I
doubt
if
the
Præfect
can
hold
out
till
Primus
arrives
.
”
Duilia
ascended
to
the
flat
top
of
the
house
.
The
palace
of
the
family
was
in
the
Carinæ
,
on
the
slope
of
the
Esquiline
hill
,
hard
by
the
gardens
of
Nero’s
Golden
House
.
Being
on
high
ground
it
commanded
the
Forum
and
the
Capitol
,
and
looked
over
the
tops
of
the
vulgar
insulæ
in
the
dip
of
the
Suburra
.
It
was
the
evening
of
the
second
day
.
Heavy
clouds
had
lowered
throughout
the
hours
of
daylight
and
the
evening
had
prematurely
closed
.
There
had
been
desultory
fighting
all
day
,
but
as
the
night
approached
a
determined
set
was
made
by
the
German
guard
to
capture
the
Capitol
,
and
the
citadel
of
Rome
that
adjoined
it
,
connected
by
only
a
small
neck
of
hill
.
They
knew
that
Primus
was
close
at
hand
,
and
they
were
determined
not
to
be
caught
between
a
foe
before
and
another
behind
.
The
Capitol
is
a
rocky
height
rising
precipitately
above
the
Forum
,
and
enormous
substructures
had
strengthened
it
and
formed
a
platform
on
which
rose
the
Temple
of
Jupiter
Capitolinus
that
stood
to
Rome
almost
in
the
relation
that
the
Temple
did
to
Jeru
salem
,
as
the
centre
of
its
religious
and
civil
institutions
.
It
was
almost
the
paladium
of
the
city
,
the
fate
of
Rome
was
held
to
be
bound
up
with
its
preservation
.
And
now
Domitia
and
her
mother
looked
on
in
the
gathering
darkness
at
the
temple
looming
out
as
of
gold
against
the
purple
black
clouds
behind
,
lit
with
the
glare
of
the
flames
of
the
houses
below
that
had
been
fired
by
the
soldiery
.
The
roar
of
conflict
came
up
in
waves
of
sound
.
“
Really
,
”
said
Duilia
,
“
Revolutions
are
only
tolerable
when
seen
from
a
house-top
;
that
is
,
to
cultivated
minds
—
the
common
rabble
like
them
.
”
Shrill
above
the
roar
came
the
scream
of
a
whistle
,
that
a
boy
was
blowing
as
he
went
down
the
street
.
Suddenly
the
clamor
boiled
up
into
a
mighty
spout
or
geyser
of
noise
,
and
the
reason
became
manifest
in
another
moment
.
The
whole
sky
was
lit
by
a
sheet
of
flame
of
golden
yellow
.
The
conflagration
had
caught
an
oil
merchant’s
stores
that
were
planted
against
the
substructures
supporting
the
temple
.
Columns
,
shoots
of
dazzling
light
rushed
up
against
the
rocks
and
the
walls
,
recoiled
,
swept
against
them
again
,
overleaped
them
and
curled
like
tongues
around
the
temple
.
Instantly
every
sound
ceased
.
The
soldiers
sheathed
their
swords
.
The
citizens
held
their
breath
.
Nothing
for
a
few
minutes
was
audible
,
save
the
mutter
of
the
fire
.
“
My
lady
,
”
said
Euphrosyne
,
coming
to
the
roof
,
and
addressing
Longa
Duilia
,
“
A
priest
of
Jupiter
is
below
,
and
desires
to
speak
with
you
.
”
CHAPTER
XVIII
.
A
REFUGEE
.
“
A
priest
of
Jupiter
here
!
”
exclaimed
Duilia
.
“
When
his
temple
is
on
fire
!
Bid
him
be
off
—
but
stay
.
Who
let
him
in
?
”
“
Lady
,
the
Chaldæan
introduced
him
.
”
“
He
had
no
right
to
do
so
.
Let
him
entertain
him
.
I
desire
to
see
the
end
.
Run
.
The
roof
is
on
fire
—
the
eagles
will
be
down
—
or
melt
away
.
”
“
Lady
!
the
Magian
commissioned
me
to
assure
you
that
he
bears
an
important
communication
.
”
“
Say
I
am
engaged
.
”
A
minute
later
,
the
Chaldæan
himself
arrived
on
the
housetop
and
addressed
the
mistress
.
“
I
cannot
attend
to
your
abracadabra
,
”
said
she
,
in
reply
to
his
request
to
be
heard
.
“
Look
there
.
The
Capitol
is
in
flames
,
the
temple
of
Jupiter
Optimus
Maximus
blazes
.
I
know
what
he
wants
—
he
has
come
begging
.
They
all
beg
.
I
have
no
money
.
I
am
interested
in
the
fire
,
the
Revolution
,
and
all
that
sort
of
thing
.
”
“
Lady
Longa
,
”
said
Elymas
,
“
There
are
moments
that
are
turning
points
in
every
life
.
A
great
chance
offers
.
Take
it
,
or
put
it
away
forever
.
”
“
You
worry
me
past
endurance
.
What
is
it
?
Look
!
the
flames
are
licking
Jupiter
in
his
chariot
.
”
“
If
you
will
step
aside
I
will
speak
.
Not
here
.
”
Duilia
with
an
impatient
toss
of
her
head
and
shrug
of
her
shoulders
,
gathered
up
her
garment
with
one
hand
,
stepped
to
a
distant
part
of
the
roof
,
and
said
,
sulkily
—
“
Well
,
what
is
this
about
?
”
“
You
know
that
the
Præfect
of
Rome
who
supped
at
your
house
the
other
day
is
besieged
in
the
Capitol
.
”
“
Well
—
this
is
no
news
.
”
“
And
that
for
security
,
lest
they
should
be
put
to
death
by
Vitellius
or
the
soldiery
,
he
took
his
children
and
his
nephew
there
with
him
.
”
“
So
I
have
been
told
.
That
does
not
concern
me
.
Why
did
he
not
take
also
his
fat
wife
?
she
would
have
fed
the
flames
.
”
“
My
lady
—
the
Capitol
cannot
hold
out
another
half
hour
,
and
then
all
within
will
be
butchered
.
”
“
Can
I
help
that
?
They
all
do
it
.
This
sort
of
thing
happens
in
revolutions
invariably
.
I
cannot
alter
the
course
of
the
world
.
”
“
But
,
madam
,
the
son
of
Vespasian
,
Flavius
Domitianus
has
escaped
through
the
Tabularium
,
by
a
little
door
into
the
Forum
.
”
“
He
might
have
escaped
by
turning
a
somersault
over
the
walls
for
aught
I
care
.
”
“
His
life
is
in
extreme
jeopardy
.
If
discovered
he
will
be
assassinated
,
most
assuredly
.
”
“
Well
,
that
is
the
way
these
things
go
.
”
“
I
have
brought
him
hither
—
disguised
as
a
priest
.
”
“
What
!
”
The
lady
became
rigid
,
eyes
,
mouth
and
nostrils
.
“
What
!
”
“
He
escaped
disguised
as
a
priest
of
Jupiter
.
As
such
,
with
veiled
head
he
has
passed
unmolested
,
even
through
the
ranks
of
the
soldiery
and
people
,
inclined
to
tear
him
to
pieces
,
for
they
are
all
on
the
side
of
the
reigning
prince
.
”
“
Domitian
here
!
What
a
fool
you
are
,
Elymas
.
I’ll
have
you
tossed
off
the
roof
,
in
punishment
.
By
Hercules
!
you
compromise
me
.
If
it
be
suspected
that
he
is
here
,
I
shall
have
the
house
ransacked
,
and
all
my
valuables
plundered
,
and
the
Gods
alone
know
what
may
become
of
me
.
”
“
That
is
true
,
lady
,
and
you
must
run
the
risk
.
”
“
I
will
not
,
”
said
Duilia
,
stamping
angrily
on
the
concrete
of
the
roof
.
“
Is
it
not
enough
to
have
the
house
turned
upside
down
with
this
detestable
Saturnalia
!
Age
of
Gold
indeed
!
Age
of
tomfoolery
and
upside-downedness
.
If
my
poor
dear
man
had
but
done
what
he
ought
,
there
would
have
been
none
of
these
commotions
,
and
I
—
well
—
I
—
I
would
have
put
down
the
Saturnalia
.
”
“
Madam
,
this
is
all
beside
the
mark
.
Domitian
,
the
son
of
Flavius
Vespasian
,
whom
the
world
has
saluted
Emperor
,
and
sworn
to
,
is
under
your
roof
as
a
suppliant
.
”
“
How
unfortunate
!
”
“
How
fortunate
!
”
“
I
cannot
see
that
.
”
“
Then
,
madam
,
the
clouds
of
night
must
have
got
into
your
brain
.
Do
you
not
see
that
you
are
running
a
very
slight
risk
.
None
suspect
that
he
is
in
concealment
here
,
as
I
smuggled
him
into
the
house
.
”
“
There
are
my
slaves
.
”
“
They
regard
him
as
a
priest
escaping
from
the
fire
and
the
siege
,
”
said
the
soothsayer
.
He
continued
—
“
Before
morning
the
Illyrian
legions
will
have
arrived
in
Rome
.
Do
you
suppose
the
German
bodyguard
can
stand
against
them
?
What
other
troops
has
Vitellius
to
fall
back
on
?
None
—
he
is
deserted
.
His
cause
is
fatally
smitten
.
By
to-morrow
evening
he
will
be
dead
,
cast
down
the
Gemonian
stair
.
Vespasian
will
be
proclaimed
in
the
Forum
.
Your
risk
will
be
at
an
end
,
and
you
will
have
obtained
the
lasting
gratitude
of
the
Imperial
father
,
who
will
do
anything
you
desire
,
to
show
his
thankfulness
to
you
for
having
saved
the
life
of
his
son
.
”
“
There
is
something
in
that
,
”
said
Duilia
.
“
And
suppose
now
that
Domitian
is
here
,
that
you
bid
your
slaves
eject
him
,
and
he
falls
into
the
hands
of
Vitellius
,
how
will
you
be
regarded
by
the
Flavian
family
?
Do
you
not
suppose
that
you
will
be
the
first
to
suffer
the
resentment
of
the
Augustus
?
”
“
There
is
a
good
deal
in
that
,
”
said
Duilia
,
to
which
the
Magus
said
,
—
“
I
have
no
fear
of
betrayal
from
any
in
the
house
save
Senecio
,
that
owl-like
philosopher
.
He
is
not
like
the
slaves
,
he
may
suspect
,
and
trip
me
up
.
”
“
My
good
Elymas
,
”
interrupted
Duilia
,
“
do
not
concern
yourself
about
him
.
He
is
not
a
man
to
chew
nutshells
when
he
can
munch
kernels
.
”
“
Domitian
is
in
my
apartment
,
will
you
see
him
,
lady
?
”
“
By
all
means
.
I
have
a
notion
.
Go
,
fetch
Domitia
,
bring
her
down
there
to
me
.
”
Then
Longa
descended
to
that
portion
of
the
mansion
where
were
situated
the
rooms
given
up
to
the
soothsayer
;
they
were
on
one
side
of
a
small
court
,
and
the
philosopher
occupied
chambers
on
the
other
side
.
Across
the
water
tank
in
the
midst
many
an
altercation
had
taken
place
.
Senecio
was
not
there
now
.
He
was
probably
out
taking
a
philosophic
view
of
the
internecine
strife
,
and
moralizing
over
the
burning
of
the
Capitol
.
With
a
benignant
smile
and
a
tear
in
her
eye
,
Duilia
almost
ran
to
Domitian
,
her
two
hands
extended
.
She
had
just
looked
round
the
court
to
make
sure
she
was
unobserved
and
that
there
was
no
one
within
earshot
.
“
I
am
so
grateful
to
the
Gods
,
”
she
said
,
with
a
tremor
in
her
voice
,
“
that
they
should
allow
me
the
honor
and
happiness
of
offering
you
an
asylum
.
Blood
is
thicker
than
water
.
Though
I
perish
for
my
advocacy
of
your
dear
father
—
I
cannot
help
it
.
Cousins
must
be
cousinly
.
It
is
with
us
a
family
peculiarity
—
we
hang
together
like
a
swarm
of
bees
.
”
The
young
man
cautiously
removed
his
white
veil
or
head-covering
,
and
exposed
his
face
,
that
was
somewhat
pale
.
He
had
a
shy
modest
appearance
,
a
delicate
complexion
that
flushed
and
paled
at
the
changes
of
emotion
in
his
heart
.
His
eyes
were
a
watery
gray
,
large
,
but
he
screwed
the
eyelids
together
,
as
though
near-sighted
.
He
was
fairly
well
built
,
but
had
spindle
legs
,
no
calves
,
and
his
toes
as
if
cut
short
.
In
manner
he
was
awkward
,
without
ease
in
his
address
;
owing
to
the
low
associates
with
whom
he
had
consorted
,
having
been
kept
short
of
money
,
and
to
his
lack
of
acquaintance
with
the
courtesies
of
the
cultured
classes
.
“
I
thank
you
.
My
life
is
in
danger
.
I
came
hither
,
as
my
uncle
supped
here
the
other
day
,
and
I
knew
something
about
kinship
.
I
had
nowhere
else
whither
to
go
.
I
would
have
been
hunted
out
and
murdered
had
I
gone
to
my
uncle
—
my
mother’s
brother
.
They
would
have
sought
me
there
first
of
all
.
”
“
You
shall
stay
here
till
all
danger
is
past
.
I
should
esteem
myself
the
vilest
of
women
were
I
to
refuse
you
my
protection
at
such
a
time
as
this
.
Senecio
,
my
philosopher
,
is
out
,
gadding
about
—
of
course
.
You
shall
occupy
his
room
,
and
I
shall
give
strict
orders
that
he
be
not
admitted
.
I
will
not
have
philosophers
careering
in
and
out
of
my
house
,
at
all
hours
,
as
pleases
them
.
This
is
not
a
rabbit
warren
,
as
the
Gods
love
me
!
But
here
comes
my
daughter
to
unite
with
me
in
assurance
of
welcome
and
protection
.
”
Domitia
had
entered
,
in
obedience
to
the
command
transmitted
by
the
sorcerer
.
There
was
but
one
oil
lamp
on
a
table
in
the
chamber
,
and
consequently
at
first
she
did
not
discern
who
was
there
addressed
by
her
mother
.
But
Duilia
stepped
aside
and
allowed
the
light
to
flash
over
the
face
of
Domitian
.
The
moment
the
girl
saw
it
,
she
started
back
and
put
her
hands
to
her
bosom
.
“
My
dear
child
,
”
said
Longa
Duilia
,
“
you
will
thank
the
Lares
and
Penates
,
that
our
cousin
has
taken
refuge
with
us
.
The
Capitol
is
in
flames
,
the
Imperial
guards
are
storming
the
walls
,
there
is
,
I
fear
,
no
hope
for
our
dear
good
friend
Flavius
Sabinus
.
Poor
man
,
how
he
enjoyed
himself
at
supper
here
the
other
day
!
We
may
hope
for
the
best
,
but
not
expect
impossibilities
.
Revolutions
and
all
these
sorts
of
things
have
their
natural
exits
,
the
sword
,
the
Tullianum
and
the
Gemonian
steps
—
horrible
,
but
inevitable
.
Domitian
has
fled
to
us
,
disguised
as
a
priest
of
Jupiter
.
O
my
dear
,
what
a
nice
thing
it
is
that
there
is
so
much
religion
left
among
the
common
people
that
they
respected
his
cloth
.
Well
,
here
he
is
,
and
we
must
do
what
we
can
for
him
.
”
“
Cast
him
out
,
”
said
Domitia
hoarsely
.
“
What
,
my
love
?
”
“
Cast
him
out
—
the
beast
,
the
crowned
beast
,
the
new
Nero
.
The
fifth
that
was
and
the
eighth
that
will
be
.
”
Duilia
raised
her
eyebrows
.
“
My
dear
,
I
don’t
in
the
least
understand
enigmas
.
I
was
never
clever
at
them
,
though
my
parts
are
not
generally
accounted
bad
.
”
“
Mother
,
I
pray
you
,
I
beseech
you
as
you
desire
my
happiness
,
do
not
harbor
him
under
your
roof
.
Cast
him
forth
.
What
ho
!
Slaves
!
”
Domitian
started
and
caught
the
girl
by
the
shoulders
.
“
You
would
betray
me
?
”
“
I
would
have
you
thrust
forth
into
the
street
.
”
“
To
be
murdered
—
torn
to
pieces
by
the
blood-thirsty
mob
?
”
“
It
is
to
save
myself
.
”
“
Thyself
!
I
do
thee
no
harm
.
”
“
Do
not
attend
to
her
.
It
is
childish
,
maidenly
timidity
,
”
said
Duilia
,
frowning
at
Domitia
and
shaking
her
finger
at
her
.
“
She
knows
that
,
to
screen
you
,
we
run
great
risks
ourselves
.
We
may
be
denounced
—
we
may
.
—
As
the
Gods
love
me
!
There
is
no
saying
what
we
may
be
called
on
to
suffer
.
But
I
say
,
perish
all
the
family
rather
than
offend
against
hospitality
.
”
“
Mother
,
”
said
Domitia
.
Her
face
was
white
as
ashes
.
“
Send
him
forth
.
If
he
were
not
a
coward
,
a
mean
coward
,
he
would
not
come
here
,
to
the
house
of
two
women
,
and
shelter
himself
behind
their
skirts
.
Titus
Flavius
Domitianus
,
dost
thou
call
thyself
a
man
?
”
He
looked
furtively
at
the
girl
,
and
muttered
something
that
was
unintelligible
.
“
If
thou
art
a
man
,
go
forth
,
run
us
not
into
danger
.
If
thou
tarry
here
—
I
esteem
thee
as
the
basest
of
men
.
”
“
I
praise
the
Gods
!
”
said
Longa
Duilia
,
in
towering
wrath
,
“
she
does
not
command
in
this
house
.
That
do
I
;
and
when
I
say
welcome
,
there
you
stay
,
and
she
shall
not
gainsay
me
.
”
“
Mother
—
to
welcome
him
,
is
to
exile
,
to
destroy
me
.
”
“
This
is
rank
folly
.
”
“
Mother
,
eject
him
!
”
“
I
will
not
.
I
prithee
,
Domitian
,
when
your
dear
father
is
proclaimed
in
Rome
,
—
forget
this
girl’s
folly
,
and
remember
only
that
I
sheltered
thee
.
”
“
I
will
remember
.
I
am
not
one
to
forget
.
”
“
There
is
no
escape
,
”
sighed
Domitia
.
“
Whom
the
Gods
will
destroy
—
they
pursue
remorselessly
.
Well
,
be
it
so
.
—
Stay
then
,
coward
!
I
am
undone
.
”
CHAPTER
XIX
.
THE
END
OF
VITELLIUS
.
“
I
never
made
a
greater
mistake
in
my
life
,
”
said
Longa
Duilia
,
“
and
I
cannot
think
how
you
allowed
me
to
make
it
.
”
“
What
mistake
?
”
asked
the
Chaldæan
.
“
The
mistake
of
inviting
the
uncle
in
place
of
the
nephew
to
my
little
supper
.
As
to
that
supper
,
I
flatter
myself
it
was
perfect
—
so
finished
in
every
detail
,
as
becomes
our
position
;
so
delicately
flavored
with
reserve
,
as
became
my
position
as
a
widow
;
and
you
recommended
me
to
invite
Flavius
Sabinus
,
the
Præfect
,
—
and
now
he
has
been
.
That
delicate
little
supper
thrown
away
,
and
my
attentions
so
nicely
adjusted
to
the
circumstances
,
all
that
trouble
and
thought
gone
for
nothing
.
Do
you
know
that
Flavius
Sabinus
is
now
in
bits
?
He
has
been
positively
hacked
to
pieces
.
It
is
not
the
supper
itself
I
regret
,
and
my
best
Falernian
wine
—
but
I
gave
him
a
gold
signet-ring
with
a
cameo
,
representing
Daphne
.
It
had
belonged
to
my
dear
Corbulo
,
and
was
valuable
.
But
I
considered
it
as
a
means
to
an
end
.
And
now
—
where
is
that
ring
?
But
for
your
counsel
,
I
might
have
invited
the
nephew
.
”
“
Madam
,
I
counselled
aright
.
”
“
You
have
the
face
to
say
that
?
Do
you
not
know
that
Sabinus
has
had
his
head
struck
off
,
and
his
body
dragged
by
hooks
down
the
Gemonian
stair
,
and
then
positively
torn
to
pieces
—
but
there
?
Who
has
got
hold
of
the
ring
?
I
have
lost
it
—
through
you
.
You
pretend
to
read
the
stars
and
peer
into
futurity
!
”
“
Lady
,
I
do
see
into
what
is
to
be
,
and
counsel
accordingly
.
”
“
Oh
,
yes
!
glimpses
as
of
light
in
a
wood
through
thick
foliage
.
Plenty
of
obscurity
,
very
little
light
.
”
“
Madam
,
consider
.
Had
you
not
invited
the
Præfect
who
has
been
,
you
would
not
have
seen
the
nephew
who
is
,
and
who
came
in
at
the
supper
to
call
his
uncle
away
.
It
was
thus
he
arrived
at
a
knowledge
of
your
house
,
and
your
friendly
disposition
,
and
thus
it
was
that
he
was
induced
to
throw
himself
on
your
protection
.
”
“
There
is
something
in
that
,
”
observed
Duilia
.
“
But
how
much
better
had
the
invitation
been
sent
to
Domitian
himself
.
”
“
On
the
contrary
,
that
would
not
have
been
judicious
,
therefore
I
did
not
recommend
it
.
Had
the
nephew
come
here
along
with
his
servants
,
immediately
his
escape
from
the
Capitol
was
discovered
,
and
they
were
tortured
to
disclose
his
place
of
concealment
,
they
would
have
betrayed
this
house
:
but
as
it
has
happened
they
could
not
suppose
he
would
take
refuge
here
.
”
“
There
is
a
good
deal
in
that
,
”
answered
Duilia
meditatively
.
“
Well
,
it
is
only
the
ring
that
I
regret
.
If
I
had
but
known
—
something
of
inconsiderable
value
but
showy
would
have
sufficed
.
Moreover
,
I
might
have
done
without
that
dish
of
British
oysters
—
very
expensive
,
and
,
as
you
see
,
thrown
away
.
Yet
!
well
,
I
enjoyed
them
.
”
“
Even
that
ring
is
not
lost
.
”
“
How
so
?
”
“
It
is
on
Domitian’s
finger
.
”
“
You
really
say
so
?
”
“
When
the
Præfect
bade
his
nephew
and
sons
attempt
to
escape
from
the
Capitol
,
he
recommended
the
former
to
engage
your
protection
,
and
in
token
of
this
,
he
put
the
ring
that
you
had
given
him
,
on
his
nephew’s
finger
,
that
he
might
present
it
to
you
—
should
there
be
mistrust
,
in
pledge
that
he
came
from
Flavius
Sabinus
.
I
encountered
Domitian
in
the
street
,
I
knew
him
and
conducted
him
to
your
door
,
and
obtained
his
admission
.
There
was
no
necessity
for
him
to
show
his
ring
,
as
I
stood
sponsor
for
him
.
”
“
You
are
a
good
old
creature
,
”
said
Duilia
,
“
I
withdraw
any
offensive
expressions
I
may
have
used
.
To
gratify
you
,
I
will
pay
that
old
woman
,
Senecio
,
his
wage
and
bid
him
pack
.
”
“
Then
,
madam
,
my
services
shall
be
amply
repaid
.
The
man
himself
is
harmless
.
Engage
him
as
a
clown
,
—
he
is
consumed
with
conceit
,
and
so
renders
himself
a
laughing-stock
.
That
is
all
he
is
qualified
to
be
.
”
“
Go
—
send
me
Domitia
.
She
has
behaved
like
a
fool
.
”
Shortly
after
the
girl
entered
the
room
where
was
her
mother
.
The
latter
at
once
exclaimed
:
—
“
My
dear
,
the
ring
is
not
lost
.
Domitian
has
it
.
By
the
foresight
of
the
Gods
,
Sabinus
removed
it
from
his
finger
,
and
confided
it
to
his
nephew
,
before
unhappy
circumstances
arose
which
might
have
led
to
the
ring
getting
into
the
hands
of
any
Cyrus
or
Dromo
.
”
“
Was
it
to
hear
this
that
you
sent
for
me
?
”
asked
Domitia
sullenly
.
“
No
,
it
was
not
.
Your
conscience
must
upbraid
you
.
You
have
acted
in
an
insensate
manner
.
You
have
flouted
and
angered
the
son
of
him
who
in
—
perhaps
half
an
hour
—
will
be
an
Augustus
,
supreme
in
the
state
.
”
“
Mother
,
I
do
not
like
him
.
”
“
Ye
Gods
of
the
Capitol
!
—
confound
them
,
by
the
way
,
they
are
all
burnt
!
O
Tellus
and
Terminus
!
Do
you
suppose
we
are
to
see
and
be
courteous
only
to
those
whom
we
like
?
What
cared
I
for
that
paragon
of
virtue
,
Flavius
Sabinus
,
who
talked
to
such
an
extent
that
I
could
not
get
in
a
word
edgeways
.
But
I
gave
him
a
nice
little
supper
—
and
oysters
from
Britain
,
my
best
Falernian
,
and
that
ring
of
your
father’s
,
because
I
thought
he
might
be
useful
.
And
now
Titus
Flavius
Domitianus
is
our
guest
—
in
hiding
till
matters
are
settled
one
way
or
the
other
—
and
you
insult
him
to
his
face
.
It
is
not
conduct
worthy
of
your
mother
.
You
interfere
with
my
plans
.
”
“
What
plans
?
”
“
My
dear
child
,
Vespasian
is
old
—
about
sixty
I
think
,
and
has
but
two
sons
,
of
whom
Domitian
is
the
youngest
.
The
elder
,
Titus
Flavius
Sabinus
Vespasianus
has
but
a
daughter
.
Do
you
not
see
?
Do
you
not
smell
?
”
“
I
do
neither
,
mother
.
”
“
More
the
pity
.
You
sadly
take
after
your
father
,
who
had
no
ambition
.
Give
the
old
fellow
ten
years
before
he
becomes
a
god
;
the
eldest
son
,
if
the
worst
comes
,
may
succeed
and
be
Augustus
for
another
ten
,
and
then
,
—
the
second
son
,
Domitian
,
will
be
prince
.
My
dear
,
what
opportunities
!
What
gorgeous
opportunities
!
”
“
Opportunities
for
what
?
”
“
For
push
,
my
dear
,
push
to
the
purple
.
Your
dear
father
,
ah
,
well
!
We
are
not
all
made
of
the
same
clay
.
”
“
Mother
,
that
is
precisely
what
fills
me
with
dread
.
He
will
then
be
the
eighth
,
for
these
adventurers
of
a
few
months
do
not
count
,
—
the
new
Nero
.
”
“
But
consider
—
the
purple
.
My
dear
,
do
you
remember
how
Valeria
caught
the
dictator
Sulla
.
She
sat
behind
him
in
the
theatre
,
and
picked
some
flue
off
his
toga
.
He
turned
round
and
caught
her
doing
it
.
“
Sir
,
”
said
she
,
“
I
am
but
endeavoring
to
get
to
myself
some
of
the
luck
that
adheres
to
you
!
”
I
could
have
loved
that
woman
.
It
was
so
happy
,
so
neat
.
That
bit
of
wool
drew
Sulla
and
the
Dictatorship
to
her
.
You
,
what
a
blunderer
you
are
.
You
have
offended
Domitian
,
who
may
some
day
be
greater
than
was
Sulla
,
when
you
had
it
in
your
power
by
a
word
,
a
look
,
a
dimpled
smile
,
to
win
him
,
and
with
him
the
purple
.
”
“
Mother
,
I
do
not
covet
it
.
You
forget
—
I
am
promised
to
Lucius
Ælius
Lamia
.
”
“
Oh
!
Lamia
!
He
could
be
bought
off
with
a
proconsulship
.
”
“
I
do
not
desire
to
be
separated
from
him
.
I
love
him
,
and
have
loved
him
since
we
were
children
together
.
”
“
Well
,
you
have
done
for
your
chances
.
If
I
surmise
aright
,
the
young
man
entertains
a
great
grudge
against
you
.
”
At
that
moment
Eboracus
came
in
.
“
Madam
,
”
said
he
,
“
the
Illyrian
legions
have
entered
the
city
,
under
Primus
,
and
there
is
fighting
in
the
streets
.
The
people
on
the
housetops
cheer
on
this
side
or
that
,
as
though
they
were
at
a
show
of
gladiators
.
”
“
Well
—
those
things
happen
.
We
shall
know
for
certain
which
shall
be
uppermost
,
and
if
fate
favors
Vitellius
—
Then
,
daughter
,
I
shall
not
scruple
to
give
the
young
man
up
.
”
The
condition
of
the
capital
was
frightful
.
Vitellius
had
called
in
levies
from
the
country
to
support
him
,
and
the
prætorian
soldiers
stood
firm
.
But
many
men
of
direction
were
with
the
partisans
of
Vespasian
,
who
advanced
steadily
over
the
bodies
of
the
troops
opposing
them
.
Fifty
thousand
persons
lost
their
lives
in
these
eventful
days
of
the
Saturnalia
.
The
legions
under
Primus
succeeded
in
recapturing
the
Capitol
,
which
was
still
smoking
,
and
pushed
forward
into
the
Forum
.
Meanwhile
,
Vitellius
,
in
the
Palatine
palace
,
a
prey
to
irresolution
,
had
filled
himself
with
wine
,
and
then
fled
along
with
his
cook
and
pastrycook
to
his
wife’s
house
on
the
Aventine
.
Then
deceived
by
a
false
report
that
his
troops
were
successful
,
he
returned
to
the
Palatine
,
and
found
it
deserted
,
but
a
roar
of
voices
rose
from
the
Forum
below
,
and
from
the
Capitol
the
cries
of
the
legionaries
were
wafted
towards
him
along
with
the
smoke
.
He
hastened
to
collect
all
the
gold
he
could
lay
his
hands
on
,
stuffed
it
into
his
cincture
,
assumed
an
old
ragged
suit
,
and
then
again
attempted
to
escape
;
but
now
he
found
every
avenue
blocked
.
Filled
with
terror
he
crawled
into
the
dog-kennel
where
the
hounds
,
resenting
the
intrusion
,
fell
on
him
and
bit
his
neck
and
hands
and
legs
.
But
now
Vespasian’s
soldiery
invaded
the
palace
,
and
a
tribune
,
Julius
Placidius
,
dis
covering
the
bloated
,
bleeding
wretch
,
drew
him
out
by
the
foot
,
and
he
came
forth
thus
,
his
hands
full
of
dirty
straw
,
and
strands
adhering
to
his
hair
and
garments
.
A
howling
rabble
at
once
surrounded
him
,
leaping
,
jeering
,
throwing
mud
and
stones
;
a
few
soldiers
succeeded
in
surrounding
him
.
His
hands
were
bound
behind
his
back
,
and
a
rope
passed
about
his
neck
.
Thus
he
was
dragged
through
the
streets
an
object
of
insult
to
the
people
.
Some
struck
him
in
the
face
,
some
plucked
out
his
hair
.
In
the
Forum
the
rabble
were
breaking
his
statues
and
dragging
them
about
.
One
ruffian
thrust
a
pike
under
the
unfortunate
prince’s
chin
and
bade
him
hold
up
his
head
.
Then
said
Vitellius
:
—
“
Thou
,
who
thus
addressest
me
—
a
tribune
thou
art
,
remember
I
was
once
thy
commander
!
”
Thereupon
a
German
soldier
,
desirous
of
shortening
his
misery
,
struck
him
down
with
a
blow
of
his
sword
,
and
in
so
doing
cut
off
the
ear
of
the
tribune
who
had
insulted
the
fallen
Emperor
.
At
once
the
body
of
the
prince
,
from
whom
the
life
was
not
sped
,
was
dragged
to
the
Gemonian
stair
,
a
flight
of
steps
down
which
the
corpses
of
malefactors
were
flung
,
and
there
he
was
despatched
with
daggers
.
Longa
Duilia
had
been
kept
well
informed
as
to
all
that
took
place
.
No
sooner
was
she
assured
that
Vitellius
was
dead
,
than
she
rushed
into
the
apartment
given
up
to
Domitian
.
“
Salve
,
Cæsar
!
As
the
Gods
love
me
,
I
am
the
first
to
so
salute
you
,
son
of
the
Augustus
!
Oh
,
I
am
so
happy
!
And
it
might
have
been
otherwise
,
but
you
they
never
would
have
reached
save
over
my
body
.
”
CHAPTER
XX
.
CHANGED
TACTICS
.
The
anarchy
which
had
lasted
from
the
11th
June
,
68
,
when
Nero
perished
,
came
to
an
end
on
the
20th
December
,
in
the
ensuing
year
.
In
that
terrible
year
of
69
,
three
emperors
had
died
violent
deaths
,
and
Rome
had
been
in
a
condition
of
disorder
on
each
occasion
,
and
intermittent
violence
had
lasted
all
the
time
.
Men
now
drew
a
long
breath
,
they
were
disposed
to
blot
out
the
memory
of
those
eighteen
months
of
misery
and
national
humiliation
,
as
though
it
had
not
been
,
and
to
reckon
the
strong
Vespasian
as
prince
next
after
Nero
.
Indeed
,
on
the
morrow
of
the
death
of
Vitellius
,
when
the
Senate
assembled
and
decreed
the
honors
of
the
former
princes
,
they
recited
those
of
the
first
Cæsars
,
but
ignored
the
three
last
who
had
perished
within
a
twelvemonth
,
as
though
they
had
never
been
,
and
were
to
be
forgotten
as
an
evil
dream
.
That
same
day
also
,
Domitian
received
the
title
of
Cæsar
,
and
was
made
Prince
of
the
Youths
,
and
Præfect
of
Rome
in
the
place
of
his
uncle
,
who
had
been
murdered
.
That
day
,
also
,
Mucianus
arrived
with
the
Syrian
legions
,
and
with
plenitude
of
authority
from
Vespasian
to
act
in
his
name
.
To
Duilia’s
vast
delight
Domitian
did
not
forget
his
obligation
to
her
,
but
paid
frequent
visits
to
her
house
,
and
it
was
a
matter
of
pride
to
her
to
have
his
attendant
lictors
standing
outside
her
door
,
as
in
former
days
.
When
he
came
,
she
made
a
point
of
summoning
her
daughter
,
and
requiring
her
to
be
present
during
the
interview
.
But
she
could
not
make
her
speak
or
compel
her
to
graciousness
of
manner
towards
the
visitor
.
The
young
prince’s
eyes
watched
the
girl
with
question
in
them
,
but
he
addressed
all
his
conversation
to
the
mother
.
Longa
Duilia
did
her
utmost
to
disguise
her
child’s
incivility
,
attributed
it
to
shyness
,
and
used
all
her
blandishments
to
make
a
visit
to
her
house
agreeable
to
Domitian
.
At
length
,
the
irksomeness
caused
by
Domitia’s
irresponsive
manner
seemed
to
satisfy
the
mother
that
she
did
more
harm
than
good
in
enforcing
her
attendance
,
and
she
ceased
to
require
the
girl
to
appear
.
Some
months
passed
,
and
Domitia
had
not
given
a
thought
to
Glyceria
,
and
her
offer
to
revisit
the
sick
woman
,
when
,
all
at
once
,
in
a
fit
of
weariness
with
all
things
that
surrounded
her
,
and
a
sense
of
incapacity
to
find
enjoyment
anywhere
,
she
started
from
her
languor
to
bid
Eboracus
go
forth
,
buy
honey-cakes
and
toys
,
and
accompany
her
on
a
visit
to
the
Suburra
.
As
she
was
on
her
way
,
Domitian
came
by
with
his
lictors
and
other
attendants
.
Since
his
elevation
from
poverty
and
insignificance
to
ease
and
importance
,
he
had
acquired
a
swagger
that
made
his
manner
more
offensive
than
before
in
his
phase
of
cubbishness
.
He
at
once
addressed
her
,
for
though
veiled
he
recognized
her
.
“
May
I
attend
you
?
I
have
at
the
moment
nothing
of
importance
to
occupy
me
.
”
“
I
am
bound
for
the
Suburra
.
”
“
For
the
Suburra
!
What
can
take
you
