CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. ON THE APPIAN WAY 7
CHAPTER II. IN C[AE]SAR'S PALACE 17
CHAPTER III. EMPRESS AND SLAVE 23
CHAPTER IV. THE IMPERIAL BANQUET 33
CHAPTER V. THE CHRISTIANS AND THE LIONS 43
CHAPTER VI. THE MARTYR'S BURIAL 54
CHAPTER VII. WITH HILARUS, THE FOSSOR 64
CHAPTER VIII. WITH PRIMITIUS, THE PRESBYTER 75
CHAPTER IX. A DIFFICULT QUEST 86
CHAPTER X. A WICKED PLOT 92
CHAPTER XI THE SLAVE MARKET 97
CHAPTER XII. THE LOST FOUND 105
CHAPTER XIII. FATHER AND DAUGHTER 111
CHAPTER XIV. "UNSTABLE AS WATER" 117
CHAPTER XV. AT THE BATHS 124
CHAPTER XVI. THE GAMING TABLE 129
CHAPTER XVII. "IN PERICULIS TUTUS" 135
CHAPTER XVIII THE MIDNIGHT PLOT 142
CHAPTER XIX IN THE TOILS OF THE TEMPTER 148
CHAPTER XX THE PLOT THICKENS 153
CHAPTER XXI. A CRIME PREVENTED 161
CHAPTER XXII. THE STORM BURSTS 168
CHAPTER XXIII. THE MAMERTINE PRISON 177
CHAPTER XXIV. THE EVE OF MARTYRDOM 184
CHAPTER XXV. A ROMAN HOLIDAY 188
CHAPTER XXVI THE MARTYRS CROWNED 199
CHAPTER XXVII. THE MARTYRS BURIED 205
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BETRAYAL--THE PURSUIT 215
CHAPTER XXIX. THE DOOM OF THE TRAITOR 224
CHAPTER XXX. FATE OF THE PERSECUTORS--TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY 229
VALERIA, THE MARTYR OF THE CATACOMBS.
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