the instruments of their rrimw Z,。A been arrested,、 that the kingr t .w w ;so powerful, they went into XLTL .his Political Organisation.-Servius consolidated his power quite as much by， his pr,呼“as. by his: pu呼c measures.,4 '1 'o guard againsthe乡铿wren of。一土’arquxnw代eating7 wm性as万妙se of Ancus had treated "1 'arquxn, he married nis two ciaugnters to the scions of the royal house, Lucius and Arruns Tarquin. Human counsels could not arrest the inevitable course of destiny, nor could Servius prevent the jealousy Aroused by his ascending the throne from. making his family the scene of disloyalty and hatred. The truce with the veientines had now expired, and the J.r resumption of war with them and other Etruscan cities came most opportunely to help in maintaining tranquillity at home. In this war the courage and good fortune of Tullius were conspicuous, and he returned to Rome, after defeating an immensew w . +. w w. * . . force of the enemy, feeling quite secure on the throne, and assured of the goodwill of both patricians and commons. Thenheset himself to by far the ,greatest of all works in, tines of peace.7 * a *，bust asN uma had been the author of religious laws* '1 } ' . 1 r w w ana institutions, so posterity extols Servius as the founder of those divisions and classes in the State by which. a clear distinction is drawn between the various grades of dignity and fortune. axe instituted the census, a most beneficial institution in what was to be a ,great empire, in order that by its means the various duties of peace and war might be assigned, not as heretofore, indiscriminately, but in proportion to the amount of x6‘)3 *c property each man possessed. Froze. it he drew up., r .9吵呼assest d -