The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, volume 06: Nero
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, volume 06: Nero
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In vain would history be ransackedfor a parallel to this emperor, who united the most shameful vices to themost extravagant vanity, the most abject meanness to the strongest butmost preposterous ambition; and the whole of whose life was one continuedscene of lewdness, sensuality, rapine, cruelty, and folly. It isemphatically observed by Tacitus, "that Nero, after the murder of manyillustrious personages, manifested a desire of extirpating virtueitself. " Among the excesses of Nero's reign, are ...to be mentioned the horriblecruelties exercised against the Christians in various parts of theempire, in which inhuman transactions the natural barbarity of theemperor was inflamed by the prejudices and interested policy of the paganpriesthood.
(385) The tyrant scrupled not to charge them with the act of burningRome; and he satiated his fury against them by such outrages as areunexampled in history. They were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and torn by dogs; were crucified, and set on fire, that they might servefor lights in the night-time.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In vain would history be ransackedfor a parallel to this emperor, who united the most shameful vices to themost extravagant vanity, the most abject meanness to the strongest butmost preposterous ambition; and the whole of whose life was one continuedscene of lewdness, sensuality, rapine, cruelty, and folly. It isemphatically observed by Tacitus, "that Nero, after the murder of manyillustrious personages, manifested a desire of extirpating virtueitself. " Among the excesses of Nero's reign, are ...to be mentioned the horriblecruelties exercised against the Christians in various parts of theempire, in which inhuman transactions the natural barbarity of theemperor was inflamed by the prejudices and interested policy of the paganpriesthood.
(385) The tyrant scrupled not to charge them with the act of burningRome; and he satiated his fury against them by such outrages as areunexampled in history. They were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and torn by dogs; were crucified, and set on fire, that they might servefor lights in the night-time.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Suetonius Tranquillus Gaius to read onlineMoreLess
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