With these words h life which has become so e drew out a sword which 如一bad concealed ncealedin his garment, and plunging it into his heart at the general's feet. the execution of the Capuans and most of the other carried out by the instructions of Fulvius some authors assert that Appius Claudius died mmedi- surrender of Capua. According to this accou come voluntarilv to Cales.nor did he perish 哪比wit ‘﹄yh when he had been tied to the stake along houted reDeatedl y, and as owing to the noise they JLJ， what he was sa外ng, Fulvius ordered silence. urea said, as I have already related, that he was being 彻ne to death by a man who was far from being his equal in Courage. At these words，the marshal，on the proconsul's order. ‘，J‘， this direction to the lictor:“Lictor, let this brave man more of the rod, and execute the law upon him first of all.'' gat如Sortheeffe veve创=团 authors assert that the decree of the senate was read before men were beheaded, but there was a proviso in it to the :t. that if he thought fit, he而ght refer the quest ion to the senate, and Fulvius took this to mean that he was at liberty to decide as to what would be the best course in the interests of the republic. ·The Fate of the City.-After Fulvius returned to Capua, he received the submission of Atella and Calatia. Here too the ti哈eaders in the revolt were punished;seventy of the leading senators were put to death, and three hundred Campanian nobles thrown into prison. Others who were distributed amongst the Various Latin cities to be kept in custody perished from various causes;the rest of the population of Capua were sold as slaves. ，_The question now was what was to坪件one呼th the， city and &s territory. Some were of opinion that a city so strong, so to Rome and so hostile to it，ouzht to be utterlv destroyed: 产 v砂口 considerations however prevailed. The territory rally allowed to be the first in Italy in point of pro- ，and the only reason why the city was s pare d waS might be a place for the tillers of the soil to 1i ve in. otlev throng of peasants. freedmen, small tradesmen and were told off to occupy the Mace: the whole of the Jk砂‘产 with the buildi ngs on it became the property of the e. It was settled that Capua itself should be simply and a shelter. a city merelv in name:there was to ，1砂产 co耳Borate life.no senate。no council of the plebs.no ，产J‘产 magistrates;the population were without any right of public assembly or self-government;they had no common interest and were incapable of any common action. The administration of justice he hands of a praetor who was to be sent annually from Rome. In t垃s way matters were arranged at Capua in pursuance of a policy which commends itself from Sternly and swiftly was had been most guilty, the civic population was scattered far and wide with no hope of return, the unoffending walls and houses were spared from the ravages of fire and demolition.: The preservation of the city. whilst it WA _a刃以at --}al -d -- - , -1 ‘万allla不enai anvanLa.ge,5 a mazer j‘r i to，Rome, afforded to the friendly comm unities a striking proof of her lenity;the whole of Ca mpania and all the surrounding nationalities would have been horror-struck at the destruction of such a famous and wealthy city.9 The enemy。 on the other J hand, was made to realise the power of Rome to punish those who were faithless to her, and the powerlessness of Hannibal to protect those who had gone over to him.