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...is. Who, while others were cutting down the Sublician bridge, stood alone against the Etruscans: and with the bridge broken, armed, he threw himself into the river: and swam across to his own people. A second example of virtue came from Mutius. He, when he had entered the enemy camp to strike Porsena: after killing the scribe whom he thought to be the king: was captured, and allowed the hand with which he had struck to be burned on the altars where sacrifice had been made: and he said that there were three hundred such men sworn to the death of the King himself. Struck with admiration by them, Porsena agreed to terms of peace, abandoned the war, and received hostages. From among these, one virgin, Cloelia, deceived her guards and swam across the Tiber to her people: and when she was returned: she was honorably sent back by Porsena and gifted with an equestrian statue. Appius Claudius fled from the Sabines to Rome: because of this, the Claudian tribe was added. The number of tribes was increased: so that there were thirty-one. Against Tarquinius Superbus, who was bringing war with an army of Latins, Aulus Posthumius, the dictator, fought successfully at Lake Regillus. The plebs, when they had retreated to the Sacred Mount because of those shackled for debt: were recalled from sedition by the counsel of Menenius Agrippa. The same Agrippa, when he had died: was buried at public expense because of his poverty. Five tribunes of the plebs were created. The Volscian town of Corioli was captured by the virtue and effort of Cn. Marcius: who was called Coriolanus because of this. Titus Latinus, a man of the plebs, when he had been admonished in a vision: to carry word to the senate concerning certain religious matters: and had neglected it: having lost his son, and become weak, after he had been carried to the senate in a litter and had declared those very same things: having recovered the use of his feet, he returned home. With Cn.
Martius original: "Martius"
of the Volscians original: "fcorum"
himself original: "hisse"
gifts original: "dotes"
returned original: "ret:"
by him original: "ab eo"
Host original: "Cast"
such that original: "tus q;"
is. original: "est."
grace original: "gra"
the giving original: "dum"
those original: "tos:"
one original: "una"
Vol original: "Vol"
fathers original: "patr"
with original: "cum"
thanks original: "grati"
and original: "atq;"
before original: "prae"
CC original: "CC"
L.C. original: "L.C"
stretching original: "tent"
This original: "Is u"
thing original: "rus"