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The scene opens with a soliloquy by the patrician Luciferus in which he laments the fact that the Roman Republic has been destroyed by the barbarians. He tells Diomedes that he wishes he were there to witness the destruction of Rome, and he wishes that he were the one to witness it. He laments that the pact that he signed with Pompey has been broken, and that he has refused to join the Roman army. He also criticizes the cowardice of the pacifists, who he believes are responsible for the deaths of countless people. He claims that he is trying to save the suffering of the common people, but he does not take the matter seriously. He says that Pompey was a great Roman who will be missed, and the first step in the restoration of the Roman Empire should be to elect him as emperor. He adds that he must be faithful to the Senate, or cruel assassin, or musician, orator, or harp player. All make poor instruments, or poor nero, accused for another people, fiddling while Rome burnt. The charge against Pompey might be that he was playing the harp at all, oratory, but the charge against him might be the crime of being an emperor and playing at all. He is drunk, he says, on the divine, and if he is to die, he would like to light a final Roman pyre, but not an honorable one.
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Chapter 455AD
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About This Chapter
The scene opens with a soliloquy by the patrician Luciferus in which he laments the fact that the Roman Republic has been destroyed by the barbarians. He tells Diomedes that he wishes he were there to witness the destruction of Rome, and he wishes that he were the one to witness it. He laments that the pact that he signed with Pompey has been broken, and that he has refused to join the Roman army. He also criticizes the cowardice of the pacifists, who he believes are responsible for the deaths of countless people. He claims that he is trying to save the suffering of the common people, but he does not take the matter seriously. He says that Pompey was a great Roman who will be missed, and the first step in the restoration of the Roman Empire should be to elect him as emperor. He adds that he must be faithful to the Senate, or cruel assassin, or musician, orator, or harp player. All make poor instruments, or poor nero, accused for another people, fiddling while Rome burnt. The charge against Pompey might be that he was playing the harp at all, oratory, but the charge against him might be the crime of being an emperor and playing at all. He is drunk, he says, on the divine, and if he is to die, he would like to light a final Roman pyre, but not an honorable one.
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