Suicide of A.ppius art; S.p. Opph二一Caius Claudius, through detestation of the crimes committed， by， the decemvirs,.y , + 1 , ., r t } ., . and the anger which. ne, more than any one，工eh at tine tyrannical'T 1 T ' 7 conduct or his nephew, had retired to Regulum, his ancestral home. Though advanced in years, he now returned to the City, man whose vicious C oing "down to the to deprecate the dangers threatening thepractices had driven him into retirement.Forum in mourning garb, accompanied byhouse and by his clients, he appealed to the cand implored them not to stain the house the members of his itizens individually, of the Claudd with such an indelible disgrace as to deem them worthy of bonds and nment. To think that a man whose image z-1 would be highest honour by posterity, the framer of their laws e founder of Roman jurisprudence, should be lying manacled amongst nocturnal th竹es and， robbersr .1. 1+!Let them turn势exr thoughts for a mom怜t xro只I乡eiings of exasperation to calm examination and reflection, ana iorgive one man at the intercession of so many of the Caudii, rather than through their hatred of one man despise the prayers of many. So far he himself would jzo for the honour of his family and his name, but he was not reconciled to the man whose distressed condition he was anxious to relieve. By courage their liberties had been recovered, by clemency the harmony of the orders in the State 一Some were moved, but it was more by the affection he showed proof on Oppius' part of any single charge against him; if suchproof were forthcoming, Oppius, though now only a privatecitizen, might repeat all his cruelty towards him. Oppius wastaken to prison and there, before the day of trial, he put an end tohis life. His property and that of Claudius were confiscated bythe tribunes. Their colleagues changed their domicile by goinginto exile; their property also was confiscated. M. Claudius, who had been the claimant of Verginia, was tried and condemned; Verginius himself, however, refused to press for the extreme penalty, so he was allowed to go into exile to Tibur. Verginia was more fortunate after her death than in her lifetime:her