Excerpt from Essays in Ancient History and Antiquities, Vol. 7 Meantime that he might be insane, and entitled to the excuse of insanity, is possible. If not, what a monstrous part in the drama is played by the Roman people, ' who, after this alleged crime, and believing it, yet sat with tranquillity to hear his musical perform ances! But' a taint of insanity certainly did prevail in the blood of the earlier Caesars, z'. E., down to N ero. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.