Excerpt from Tacitus, Vol. 3
Sect. I. Nero's passion for Poppaea, and his hatred of Agrippina his mother, more violent than ever; Agrippina tries to regain his affections, but in vain; Nero approves of a scheme to drown her in the sea; a ship constructed for the purpose; Agrippina escapes from the wreck; Nero enraged sends Anicetus, the commander of the fleet at Misenuni, to murder her - XI. Nero's letter to the senate justifying the murder; supplications decreed to the gods; Paetus Thrasea goes out of the senate full of indignation - XIII. Nero rushes into every excess; he drives chariots, plays on the flute, and compels men of family to appear on the stage; he exhibits in public, and turns poet - XVII. A dreadful fray between the inhabitants of Nuceria and Pompeium - XVIII. Complaints preferred to the senate by the Cyrenians; death of Domitius Afer and Marcus Servilius, two famous orators; their characters - XX. Quinquennial games established by Nero; observations on that institution XXII. A comet portends a change of government; Rubellius Plautus driven into banishment - XXIII. The wise and gallant conduct of Corbulo in Armenia; he takes Artaxata, and afterwards Tigranocerta, and places Tigranes on the throne of Armenia - XXVII. Laodicea, a city in Asia, destroyed by an earthquake; imprudent and impolitic management of the Roman government in regard to the colonies - XXVIII. The election of pretors settled by the prince - XXIX.
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