. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . Tutela, having climbedto the top of a ?wild fig tree, called the Romans, who triumphedeasily OTer their unarmed adversaries. This Latin Jl^ditll and thosewho had followed her were emancipated, and dowered at the publicexpense. Every year, on the nones (Tth) of July, the women slaves,dressed in the matrons stola, and carrying branches of the fig tree,celebrated, by a sacrifice in the temple of Juno Caprotiua, thememorv of those who had saved the honour of the Roman ladies.^ II.—Returx of the G
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . Tutela, having climbedto the top of a ?wild fig tree, called the Romans, who triumphedeasily OTer their unarmed adversaries. This Latin Jl^ditll and thosewho had followed her were emancipated, and dowered at the publicexpense. Every year, on the nones (Tth) of July, the women slaves,dressed in the matrons stola, and carrying branches of the fig tree,celebrated, by a sacrifice in the temple of Juno Caprotiua, thememorv of those who had saved the honour of the Roman ladies.^ II.—Returx of the Gauls ixto Latium, Manlius. Valerius CORVUS. The Seuones, who had returned to their OAvn country with theplunder of Rome, had very soon recommenced their adventurousexpeditions. In 376 they tooktlic important town of Ari-niinum and wc liaAe dscsof that city representing aGallic head, easily recognisableby the moustache and thenecklace that it bears. Oftheir exploits on the Adi-iatiecoast we know nothing; butthey had not forgotten theroute through the Latin dis- trict, which theyimpunity ravaged. As of Ariminum. had witho^v. for sevenmonths. Twenty-three yearsafter the siege of the Capitol they reappeared, and reached the arhore caprifico. Macr., Sat., I, xi, r,n—M\ 268 ROME UNDER THE IATKICIAX CONSULS. enviions of the Albau Mount, wlicrr Camillus gained a gTcatvictory over tlicin, tliauks to the fhanges he had Iffeeted in theequipnKMit of thi soklier^ (ol>7). Polybius does uut speak, it istrue, of this hist triunijih of the oetogenaiiun dictator; hut he isquite ignorant of many others which Ivonuin vanity gives in dctaikIn 361, say the annalists, the (iauls eneanipetl on the via Salaria,near the Anio. A bridge separated them from thi legions, andevery day a warrior of gigantic statiu-e came there to iusvdt theEomans. The legionary tribune Manlius accepted the challenge,slew the (iaul, and snatching from him his gold necklace (iorques,wheiici To nj ltd fax) i)ut it. al
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