The Senate clamorously interrupted, with an affectation of horror,
but they were penetrated by alarm and amazement at
seeing that a hitherto
cunning prince, who had shrouded his wickedness in
mystery, had waxed so
bold as to remove, so to speak, the walls of his house
and display his
grandson under a centurion's lash, amid the buffetings
of slaves, craving
in vain the last sustenance of life.
Men's grief at all this had not died away when
news was heard of
Agrippina. She |