班。After the envoys were dismissed, v ergmius poanteci out to the soldiers that they had a few moments ago felt themselves embarrassed in a matter of no great importance, because they werea multitude without a head, and the answer they had geven, though it served their turn, was the outcome rather of the general feeling at the time than of ‘n or any settled purpose. He was of opinion that ten rn.en should be chosen to hold supreme command, and by virtue of their military rank should be called tribunes of the soldiers. He himself was the first to whom this distinction was offered, but he replied,“ Reserve the opinion you have formed of me till both you and I are in more favourable circumstances; so long as my dauzhter is unavenLyed ‘JJ‘11碑.J no honour can. give me pleasure, nor in the present disturbed state of the commonwealth is it any advantage for those men to be at your head who are most obnoxious to party malice. than by the. fresh story， of the7 w } 7 7噢den冲om， it h叫，坪en sought.1 to make a victim of foul lust.When iciijus heara that tribunes of the soldiers had been elected on the Aventine, he anticipated from what he knew of the plebs that when they came to elect their tribunes they would follow the lead of the army and choose those who were already elected as military tribunes. As he was looking to a tribuaeshiD himself. he took care to zet the same number aDDona.ted and invested with similar powers by his own men。before thev entered the Litv. "rnev made their entrv mrouan the七ol.dne zate in miatarv order, witty. stanaaras CIISAlaveci，and Droceeded throuzn the heart of the ui邵 to the Aventine. -mere the two armies united, ana the twenty military tribunes were requested to appoint two of their number to take the supreme direction of affairs. They appointed M. .ppius and Sex. Manlius. Alarmed at the direction affairs were taking, the senate held da衍meetings; but the time was spent in mutual reproaches rather than i-. deliberation._The decemvirs were openly charged with the murder of of Appius, and the disgrace incurred in 1 It was proposed that Va_1 e石71 fi q.n日育。，。141-1。。认八，，IJ co-ro to the Aventine. but they refused;?go， unless the decemvirs gave up th., , .7势 s咭nia of an office which. had expxrea me previous year. i n protested against this attemp t to coerce them, and said that thev ，r would not lay down their authority until the laws which they xve--r住多p即i&t“具lwere appointed to d raw up were duly enacted.