a still greater loss upon them,.卫 xul taut at this double victory they returned to veil. ; LVZ. Casnillus aj)pointed翁 these days therewas little going on in Rome; the investment was maintainedfor the most part wwith great slackness; both sides were keepingquiet, the hauls being mainly intent on preventing any of theenemy from shipping through their lines. Suddenly a Romanwarrior drew upon himself the admiration of foes and friends alike, The Fabian house had an annual sacrifice on the ouirinal. .，..，，，峋r‘.怕，、.， andC 。1i"ablius Dorsuo, wearing his toga in the“Gabine cincture," .x1 and bearing in his hands the. sacred. w ,.r, It , . w ,一sets, came down from the Capitol, passes. rnrougn the middle of the hostile pickets, unmoved by ethe Quirinal. There he盔challenge or， threat,e and reachedperformed all the solemn rites and returned with the; same composed expression and gait, feelingsure of the divine blessing, since not even the fear of death had made him neglect the worship of the gods;finally he re-entered the Capitol and r灼oir ed his comrades. Either the Gauls were stupefied at his extraordinary boldness, or else they were restrained by religious feelings, for as a nation they are by no me anAt糯ttentive to thethere was a s留s of religion.accession of strength as well as courage. Not only were the Romans who had been dispersedby the defeat and the capture of the City gathering there, butvolunteers from Latium also flocked to the place that they mig冰be in for“share。毛the_乡ooty. The协me now_ seemed ripe for the recovery of their native City out of the hands of the enemy。 But though the body was strong it lacked a head. The veryplace reminded men of amillus, the majority of the soldiershad fought successfully under his auspices and leadership, andaediclius declared that lace would ,give neither ,gods nor menany pretext for terminating his command; he would ratherhimself", remembering his subordinate rank, ask for a commander-1n-chief. ，It was decided by neral consen七that Camillus should be invited from八rdea, ut the senate was to be consulted first; to su chan extent eras everything ulated bar reverence for 1air: the er di'stinctions o 书ere observed, even h the n s themselves Were almost lost 讼htful risk would have to be incurred in passing through the enemies' outposts. Pontius Cominius,} a fine soldier, offered himself for the task Supporting himself on a cork float, he was carried down the Tiber to the City. Selecting the nearest way xrom the oanx oz the river, nC SCUieu d PI UUIPI LUU}i TUCK enemy had left unguarded, and On being brought before the which, owing to its steepness, thefound his way into the Capitol.supreme magistrates he delivered.After receiving the decree of the his instructions from the senate, which was to the that after being recalled from exile by the comitia curiata, Camillus should be forthwith nominatedUxctator by order of the people, and the soldiers should have the commander they wanted,,呼。messenger_ returned by。the sane route and madeA 1 the best of his way to V eia. x deputation was sent to Ardea to conduct Uamillus，to， v eii.，The. law， was pas,予ed砚to三照卿ha ‘“整可a. annuY央n多lus ban,玲n砰ent and., ,仰毕n毕咚华乎DIC于a甲r, and it is.1 th11zic。more hiceiv that ne aid not start horn Araea r，户 until he learnt that this law had been passed, because he could not change his domicile without the sanction of the people, nor could he take the auspices in the name of the army until he had been duly nominated Dictator. XLVIL Unsuccessful .Attach on the Capitol-31. Manlius.-