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The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2

Chapter 2: VOLUME II.
By Henry William Herbert
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A dramatic historical narrative recreates the late republic's political collapse by following a conspiratorial leader who plots to overturn the state and the Senate's efforts to expose and suppress the threat. The story alternates between public oratory, private intrigue, betrayals, arrests, escapes, and military clashes that culminate in a field battle and harsh punishments. Personal relationships and moral choices are woven through scenes of popular unrest and senatorial maneuvering, highlighting tensions between honor and ambition, the fragility of civic institutions, and the human costs of factional violence.

[pg 1] THE ROMAN TRAITOR:

OR

THE DAYS OF CICERO, CATO AND CATALINE.


A TRUE TALE OF THE REPUBLIC.


BY HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT
AUTHOR 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 great Bellum Catalinarium of 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
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
T. B. PETERSON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.



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CONTENTS

VOLUME I.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Men 9
II. The Measures 25
III. The Lovers 37
IV. The Consul 51
V. The Campus 69
VI. The False Love 89
VII. The Oath 108
VIII. The True Love 121
IX. The Ambush 137
X. The Wanton 146
XI. The Release 166
XII. The Forge 183
XIII. The Disclosure 197
XIV. The Warnings 209
XV. The Confession 223
XVI. The Senate 235

VOLUME II.

I. The Old Patrician 3
II. The Consular Comitia 12
III. The Peril 21
IV. The Crisis 29
V. The Oration 38
VI. The Flight 54
VII. The Ambassadors 65
VIII. The Latin Villa 75
IX. The Mulvian Bridge 88
X. The Arrest 101
XI. The Young Patrician 113
XII. The Roman Father 123
XIII. The Doom 136
XIV. The Tullianum 150
XV. The Camp in the Appenines 158
XVI. The Watchtower of Usella 168
XVII. Tidings from Rome 185
XVIII. The Rescue 192
XIX. The Eve of Battle 205
XX. The Field of Pistoria 216
XXI. The Battle 223
XXII. A Night of Horror 234