What was the conduct of Manlius after this?
23. What farther measures were taken to punish his ambition?
24. What defence did he set up?
25. Was his plea successful?
26. What is remarkable in his punishment?
27. How did the Roman affairs proceed at this time?
28. Relate a memorable instance of the obedience paid by the Romans to
their pontiffs or priests?
29. What was the consequence of this heroic act?
30. What happened this year, and what was the character of
Camil'lus?
FOOTNOTES:
[1] These laws were engraven on brass, and hung up in the most
conspicuous part of the Forum.
[2] They were, however, defeated, first by the consul Vale'rius, and
next still more decisively by the consuls Quinc'tius and Fu'rius.
[3] The duty of the censors, at first, was merely to perform the
census, or numbering of the people. It was by degrees that they became
_Magistri Morum_, or inspectors and regulators of men's lives and
manners.
[4] They appointed an extraordinary magistrate, under the title of
_superintendent of provisions_, and the person named for this office,
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