span of life left to him, to be the bearer of such sad tidings to Cincinnatus.
XLIL The plebs elected as their tribunes, in their absence, Sex. Tempanius, A. Sellius, Sextus Antistius, and Sp. Icilius, all of whom had,‘on the advice of Tempanius, been selected by the cavalry to act as centurions.26 The exasperation against Sempronius made the very name of consul offensive, the sen吐e therefore ordered consular tribunes to be elected. Their nan】es were L. Manlius Capitolinus, Q.. .Antonius Merenda, and L., Fapirius Mugilanus.
At the very beginning of the year, L. Hortensius, a tribune of the plebs, appointed a day for the trial of C, Sempronius, the consul of the previous year, His four colleagues begged him, publicly, in , full view of theRoman people, not to prosecute their unonenaing commander, against whom nothing but illluck could be alleged. Hortensius was anzrv. for he looked
几J一产 upon this as an attempt to test his resolution, he regarded the entre atie$ of the tribunes as meant simply to save appearances, and he was convinced that it was not to these the consul was trusting, but to their inter
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the consciousness of innocence? Sempronius he asked: " Wherecourage which is supported byAn ex-consul actually shelteringThen he addressed his colleagu
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es:“You, what will you do, if X carry the prosecution 醉。乎}.n万gugn厂，肛T through? Are 尸ougoing to depriveou the people of their j urisaicuon and su ov 仑rt the power of the tribunes? They replied that the author ity of the people was supreme over Sempronius and over every body else;they had neither the will nor the power to do away with the people's right to judge, but if their entreaties on behalf of their commander, who was a second father to them., Droved unavailing , they would appear by his side in suppliant garb. Then Hortensius replied:“The Roman plebs shall not see its tribunes in mourmng; 工drop all proceedings against C. Sempronius, since he has succeeded, during his command, in becoming so dear to his soldiers." Both plebeians and.， patricians were+. a, , rr r . , r ", , pleased.， with the loyal anectxon， of， me four trnaunes, ancx， quitehe
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Antistius — a life Capitolinus — a candidate entry Hortensius — a life Sempronius — a candidate entry
The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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