heavens. It happened that the sun-beams played with brilliant lustre on the adjacent country, making, the whole circumference a scene of splendour, while, the precinct of the town was covered with the darkest gloom, at intervals rendered still more awful by. flashes of lightning, that served to show the impend-, ing horror. This phenomenon was believed to be the. wrath of the gods 'denouncing the destructipn pf the. city. ', For these transactions Nero was saluted Imperator. The senate decreed a solemn thanksgiving.
Gertaera hauengatik, Neron inperator gisan agurtua izan zen eta, senatuaren aginduz, eskergintzak egin ziren;