[pg 1]THE ROMAN TRAITOR:ORTHE DAYS OF CICERO, CATO AND CATALINE.A TRUE TALE OF THE REPUBLIC.BYHENRY WILLIAM HERBERTAUTHOR OF "CROMWELL," "MARMADUKE WYVIL," "BROTHERS," ETC.Why not a Borgia or a Catiline?—Pope.VOLUME II.This is one of the most powerful Roman stories in the English language, and is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days which Cæsar, Sallust and Cicero made illustrious; when Cataline defied and almost defeated the Senate; when the plots which ultimately overthrew the Roman Republic were being formed, are described in a masterly manner. The book deserves a permanent position by the side of the greatBellum Catalinariumof Sallust, and if we mistake not will not fail to occupy a prominent place among those produced in America.Philadelphia:T. B. Peterson, NO. 102 CHESTNUT STREET[pg 2]Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, byT. B. PETERSON,In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.PHILADELPHIA:STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE CHARLES,No. 9 Sansom Street.CONTENTSVOLUME I.CHAPTERPAGEI.The Men9II.The Measures25III.The Lovers37IV.The Consul51V.The Campus69VI.The False Love89VII.The Oath108VIII.The True Love121IX.The Ambush137X.The Wanton146XI.The Release166XII.The Forge183XIII.The Disclosure197XIV.The Warnings209XV.The Confession223XVI.The Senate235VOLUME II.I.The Old Patrician3II.The Consular Comitia12III.The Peril21IV.The Crisis29V.The Oration38VI.The Flight54VII.The Ambassadors65VIII.The Latin Villa75IX.The Mulvian Bridge88X.The Arrest101XI.The Young Patrician113XII.The Roman Father123XIII.The Doom136XIV.The Tullianum150XV.The Camp in the Appenines158XVI.The Watchtower of Usella168XVII.Tidings from Rome185XVIII.The Rescue192XIX.The Eve of Battle205XX.The Field of Pistoria216XXI.The Battle223XXII.A Night of Horror234
[pg 1]THE ROMAN TRAITOR:ORTHE DAYS OF CICERO, CATO AND CATALINE.A TRUE TALE OF THE REPUBLIC.BYHENRY WILLIAM HERBERTAUTHOR OF "CROMWELL," "MARMADUKE WYVIL," "BROTHERS," ETC.Why not a Borgia or a Catiline?—Pope.VOLUME II.This is one of the most powerful Roman stories in the English language, and is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days which Cæsar, Sallust and Cicero made illustrious; when Cataline defied and almost defeated the Senate; when the plots which ultimately overthrew the Roman Republic were being formed, are described in a masterly manner. The book deserves a permanent position by the side of the greatBellum Catalinariumof Sallust, and if we mistake not will not fail to occupy a prominent place among those produced in America.Philadelphia:T. B. Peterson, NO. 102 CHESTNUT STREET[pg 2]Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, byT. B. PETERSON,In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.PHILADELPHIA:STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE CHARLES,No. 9 Sansom Street.CONTENTSVOLUME I.CHAPTERPAGEI.The Men9II.The Measures25III.The Lovers37IV.The Consul51V.The Campus69VI.The False Love89VII.The Oath108VIII.The True Love121IX.The Ambush137X.The Wanton146XI.The Release166XII.The Forge183XIII.The Disclosure197XIV.The Warnings209XV.The Confession223XVI.The Senate235VOLUME II.I.The Old Patrician3II.The Consular Comitia12III.The Peril21IV.The Crisis29V.The Oration38VI.The Flight54VII.The Ambassadors65VIII.The Latin Villa75IX.The Mulvian Bridge88X.The Arrest101XI.The Young Patrician113XII.The Roman Father123XIII.The Doom136XIV.The Tullianum150XV.The Camp in the Appenines158XVI.The Watchtower of Usella168XVII.Tidings from Rome185XVIII.The Rescue192XIX.The Eve of Battle205XX.The Field of Pistoria216XXI.The Battle223XXII.A Night of Horror234
[pg 1]THE ROMAN TRAITOR:ORTHE DAYS OF CICERO, CATO AND CATALINE.A TRUE TALE OF THE REPUBLIC.BYHENRY WILLIAM HERBERTAUTHOR OF "CROMWELL," "MARMADUKE WYVIL," "BROTHERS," ETC.Why not a Borgia or a Catiline?—Pope.VOLUME II.This is one of the most powerful Roman stories in the English language, and is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days which Cæsar, Sallust and Cicero made illustrious; when Cataline defied and almost defeated the Senate; when the plots which ultimately overthrew the Roman Republic were being formed, are described in a masterly manner. The book deserves a permanent position by the side of the greatBellum Catalinariumof Sallust, and if we mistake not will not fail to occupy a prominent place among those produced in America.Philadelphia:T. B. Peterson, NO. 102 CHESTNUT STREET
BYHENRY WILLIAM HERBERT
AUTHOR OF "CROMWELL," "MARMADUKE WYVIL," "BROTHERS," ETC.
Why not a Borgia or a Catiline?—Pope.
Why not a Borgia or a Catiline?—Pope.
This is one of the most powerful Roman stories in the English language, and is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days which Cæsar, Sallust and Cicero made illustrious; when Cataline defied and almost defeated the Senate; when the plots which ultimately overthrew the Roman Republic were being formed, are described in a masterly manner. The book deserves a permanent position by the side of the greatBellum Catalinariumof Sallust, and if we mistake not will not fail to occupy a prominent place among those produced in America.
This is one of the most powerful Roman stories in the English language, and is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days which Cæsar, Sallust and Cicero made illustrious; when Cataline defied and almost defeated the Senate; when the plots which ultimately overthrew the Roman Republic were being formed, are described in a masterly manner. The book deserves a permanent position by the side of the greatBellum Catalinariumof Sallust, and if we mistake not will not fail to occupy a prominent place among those produced in America.
[pg 2]Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, byT. B. PETERSON,In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.PHILADELPHIA:STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE CHARLES,No. 9 Sansom Street.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, byT. B. PETERSON,In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA:STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE CHARLES,No. 9 Sansom Street.
CONTENTSVOLUME I.CHAPTERPAGEI.The Men9II.The Measures25III.The Lovers37IV.The Consul51V.The Campus69VI.The False Love89VII.The Oath108VIII.The True Love121IX.The Ambush137X.The Wanton146XI.The Release166XII.The Forge183XIII.The Disclosure197XIV.The Warnings209XV.The Confession223XVI.The Senate235VOLUME II.I.The Old Patrician3II.The Consular Comitia12III.The Peril21IV.The Crisis29V.The Oration38VI.The Flight54VII.The Ambassadors65VIII.The Latin Villa75IX.The Mulvian Bridge88X.The Arrest101XI.The Young Patrician113XII.The Roman Father123XIII.The Doom136XIV.The Tullianum150XV.The Camp in the Appenines158XVI.The Watchtower of Usella168XVII.Tidings from Rome185XVIII.The Rescue192XIX.The Eve of Battle205XX.The Field of Pistoria216XXI.The Battle223XXII.A Night of Horror234
VOLUME I.CHAPTERPAGEI.The Men9II.The Measures25III.The Lovers37IV.The Consul51V.The Campus69VI.The False Love89VII.The Oath108VIII.The True Love121IX.The Ambush137X.The Wanton146XI.The Release166XII.The Forge183XIII.The Disclosure197XIV.The Warnings209XV.The Confession223XVI.The Senate235
VOLUME II.I.The Old Patrician3II.The Consular Comitia12III.The Peril21IV.The Crisis29V.The Oration38VI.The Flight54VII.The Ambassadors65VIII.The Latin Villa75IX.The Mulvian Bridge88X.The Arrest101XI.The Young Patrician113XII.The Roman Father123XIII.The Doom136XIV.The Tullianum150XV.The Camp in the Appenines158XVI.The Watchtower of Usella168XVII.Tidings from Rome185XVIII.The Rescue192XIX.The Eve of Battle205XX.The Field of Pistoria216XXI.The Battle223XXII.A Night of Horror234