_NERO_
_SENECA_
_LUCAN_ _a poet, nephew to Seneca_.
_PETRONIUS_ _a gentleman of Rome_.
_TIGELLINUS_ _prætorian prefect_ (_successor to Burrus_).
_THRASEA_ _a stoic senator_.
_PRISCUS_ _a young stoic, lover of Fannia_.
_GRIPUS_ _a Neapolitan boatman_.
_POPPÆA_ _now wife to Nero_.