The Armorer's Daughter

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Macennas, the son of Tiberius, a Roman lord, is being entertained in a manner typical of the times, surrounded by beautiful women, dancing girls, etc., etc. In an altercation with his companions, his sword is broken and is repaired by Vulcan, the armorer. The latter's beautiful daughter, Narania, repulses Macennas' attentions, which, later, turned into an honorable direction, win her heart, and the two are secretly wed, the union being blessed a year later by the advent of a child. The Eden of the lovers is darkened by the command of Tiberius that his son marry the daughter of a neighboring lord, and Macennas confesses his marriage to Narania. Persuasion and threats fall to move him from his refusal to renounce his wife. Macennas is imprisoned and Narania and her child are ordered sold as slaves by the furious Tiberius. Macennas overcomes his guard, and disguising himself as a peasant, makes his way to the slave market, offers himself for sale, and is purchased by the Barbarians who have bought Narania, and the two, with their baby, are driven under the lash of the whip to foreign lands.