This obedience, however, was- shown more by then conning to the Senate-house than by any servility in the send we understand that they expressed. It is recorded i of the war had been introduced by Appius Claudius, and before the formal discussion began尸L. Valerius Potitus created a scene by demanding that he should be allowed to sp eak on the political question, and on the decemvirs forbidding hi m in threatening tones to do so. he declared that 、.JJ himself before，the people. MarcusHoratius Barbatus一 showed_himself an equally determined opponent, called the decernvirs“ten Tarqui ns,'’and reminded them that it was under the leadership of the Valerii and the Horatii that monarchy had been expelled from Rome。工t was not the name of“king”that men had n:oi proper title of Jupiter, Romul successors were called“kin or,,;_ ，’and the name was still retained Tious purposes. It was the tvrannv and violence of kinzs a，代:‘，丫产，，_r‘，，，。，。. en cietestea.毛t the乎were insupporraoie. in a ,ping or a king's son, who would endure them in ten private citizens? They should. see to it that they， did not, by torbidc,rr 1 1 丝spee于粤in。 the乎ous外comPei them to于Pear: outs:r I He could not see now it was less permisszaae for him as a private citizen to convene an .Assembly of the people than for them to summon the senate. They might find out whenever they chose how much more powerful a sense of wrong is to vindicate fiber than greedy ambition is to support tyranny. It rN Is f* ,I乒ey were brin11 up .tee question of the。多tine wa不，as of the .,c. omY鸭people any more， serious war to wage than. one against men二 i app.,瞥tea to， araw up'1 7，laws, left， no vestige of，law or j ustzc7 the Mate:who had aoolzshea the elections. the annual m; trates, the regular succession of rulers, which formed the sole guarantee of equal libertv for all:who, though simple citizens. j.口‘户、‘沪‘， still retained ·比e farces and the power of despotic monarchs. After the expulsion of the kings, the magistrates were patricians after the secession of the plebs, plebeian magistrates were appointed.“What party did these men belong to?”he asked. “The popular party? Why, what have they ever done in conjunction with the people?The nobility?What!these men, who have not held a meeting of the senate for nearly a year, anal now that they are holding one, forbid any speaking on the political situation .7. Do not place too much reliance on the