burden in the wagon, and drove them to 0七a aere ，their destination. XLL After all the arrang ements that circumstances permitted had been made for the defence of the Capitol, the old men returned to their respective homes and, fully prepared tea die, awaited the coining of the enemy. Those who had filled curule offices resolved to tine。七their fate wearing the insignia of their former rank and honour and distinctions. '`hey put on the splendid dress which they wore when conducting the chariots of the gods or riding in triumph through the City, and thus arrayed, they seated themselves in their ivory chairs in front of their houses. Some writers record that, led byM.Fabius, the Pontifex Maximus, they recited the solemn formula in which they devoted themselves to death for their country and the Quirites. As the Gauls were refreshed by a n.i梦it's rest alter a battle which had at no point been seriously contested, and as they were not now taking the City by assault or storm, their entrance the next day was ,not marked by any signs of excitement or anger. Passing the Colline gate, which was standing open, they. came to the Forum and gazed round at the temples and at the Citadel, which alone wore any appearance of war. They left there a small body to guard against any attack from the Citadel or Capitol whilst they were scattered, and then. they dispersed in quest of plunder throu streets in which they did not meet a soul. Some poured in a ody into all the houses near, others made for the most distant ones,。 expecr tiw w吻g to h叫them. untouched and full of snoils. 八ppailed by the very desolation of em should su rprise thew straLalers. they returned to the neighbourhood of the 刀 orUm王n vv r以 dose order. The houses of the plebeians were barricaded, theY halls of the 'Patricians stood open, but thev felt greater hesita- 4山r .f沙 tion about entering the open houses’than those which closed. They gazed with feelings of real veneration upon men who were seated in :he porticoes of their mansions。 only because of the superhuman magnificence of their apparel and their whole bearing and demeanour, but also because of the majestic expression of their countenances, wearing the very aspect of。 gods..So they stood, gazing at them as if they were statues,， till, as it,i w .‘”asserted, one of the patricians, M. yapirius,r J-114 Is 11 It I rouses, the‘ passion oz a Uauz, writ began t0 stroKe0 Is -1 -111 It个is beard--.,. wnzca in those days was universally worn long一by smiting him on the head with his ivory staff. He was the first to be killed, the others were butchered in their chairs. After this slaw沙ter of the magnates, no living being was thenceforth spared;the houses were rifled, and then set on fire.