The project was at first entrusted to the brothers Vitellii and Aquilii. The sister of the Vitellii was married to the consul Brutus, and there were ,gown-up children from this marriage-- Titus and Tiberius. Their uncles took them into the conspiracy, there were others besides, whose names have been lost. In the meantime the opinion that the prop ，rty ought to be restored was adopted by the majority of the senate,, and this enabled the envoys to prolong their stay, as the consuls required time to provide vehicles for conveying the goods. They employed their time in consultations with the conspirators, and they insisted on getting.1.^I“le专ter which they were to give to the Tarquins, fox WILROUL SUC几a guarantee. they argued, %..声J how could they be sure that their envoys had not brought back empty promises in a matter of such vast ince?A letter was accordingly given as a pledge of good faith, and this it was that led to the discovery of the plot. The day previous to the departure of the rys they happened to be din吨at the house of the Vitellii. After all who were not in the secret had conspirators d xscussed 1 many details respecting their treason, which were overheard by one of the slaves, previously suspected that something was afoot, but T d03 D was waiting for the momentas its seizure would be a cam忠聪e: letter should be given,of of the plot. When he found that it had been given, he discloseconsuls. They at once proceeded to arrestconspirators, and crushed the whole plot walarm. Their first care was to secure the ithout exciting anyletter before it was destroyed. The traitors were forthwith thrown into prison; there was some hesitation in dealing with the envovs_an ri although they had evidently been guilty of a hostile act, the rights of international law were accorded them.