15.  What were his first measures?

16.  What followed?

17.  How were the enemy affected by his approach?

18.  What was the consequence?

19.  What were the terms of peace?

20.  What became of the plunder?

21.  What were his rewards for this important service?

22.  Was domestic tranquillity the consequence of foreign conquest?

23.  What were these achievements?

24.  How was he rewarded?

25.  What was the consequence of his appeal to the people?

26.  Did the people obtain their demand?

27.  How was this outrage punished?

FOOTNOTES: 

[1] This man’s name was originally Ca’ius Mar’cius.  He received the surname of Coriola’nus as a reward for having, by his valour, occasioned the taking of Cori’oli, the capital of the Vol’sci.  Previous to the occurrence mentioned in the text, he had been condemned to death by the tribunes, but saved by the interference of his friends.

[2] Tullus At’tius was a most determined enemy to the Romans, and to Coriola’nus in particular, for the share he had in humbling the power of the Vol’sci.  It was probably more from a hope of revenge, by means of this valiant soldier, than any noble principle, that he offered him his countenance and protection.

[3] The senate commanded a temple to be erected on the spot where the interview between Coriola’nus and his mother took place, which saved Rome, and dedicated it to maternal influence?

[4] Tarpe’ian Rock, or Tarpei’us Mons, a hill at Rome, about eighty feet in perpendicular height, whence the Romans threw down their condemned criminals.

[5] A civic crown among the Romans, was made of oaken leaves, and given to those who had saved the life of a citizen.

[6] A mural crown was an honorary reward, given by the ancient Romans to the soldiers who first scaled the walls of an enemy’s city.

[7] “These military toys,” said he, “are the only rewards I have hitherto received.  No lands, no share of the conquered countries.  Usurpers, without any title but that of a patrician extraction, possess them.  Is this to be endured?  Shall they alone possess the fruits of our conquests?  The purchase of our blood?”

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CHAPTER XII.

SECTION I.

FROM THE CREATION OF THE DECEMVIRI TO THE EXTINCTION OF THAT OFFICE.—­U.C. 302.

  She’s gone, forever gone!  The king of terrors
  Lays his rude hands upon her lovely limbs. 
  And blasts her beauty with his icy breath.—­Dennis.