Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . herewiththe generals of the Republic, victorious overthe enemy, were wont to ascend the CapitolineHill. It is thought, moreover, that the cos-tumes and accoutenuents which the Romansoldiers wore in battle, as well as the prretextaof the magistrates and the
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . herewiththe generals of the Republic, victorious overthe enemy, were wont to ascend the CapitolineHill. It is thought, moreover, that the cos-tumes and accoutenuents which the Romansoldiers wore in battle, as well as the prretextaof the magistrates and the toga of citizenship,were likewise of Etruscau origin, and intro-duced in the times of Tarquin. It is said thatthe curule chairs and the fasces of the lietors igiu. :\[<.n inipurtan?rs and customs of ,,fHi Etniri:, d tn it that had a similatliau these mannersthe introduction of ahave been derived 1beeu practiced chiefi_country. It is related that when Tar.|iiin had con-quered a peace with the s\irnimiding nations,aud then bestowed so large a part id his ener-gies on the public improvements of the city,he turned his attention to civil afiairs, and pur-posed to make a new division of tbe threefold tribal arrangement of the jiopu-lation into Ramnes, Titienses and Luceres wasto be rejected for a more convenient distribu-. tion. Tliis jiroject, however, was opjiosed bythe conservative deities, and Tarquin was con-fronted with unfavorable omens. The augur,Attus Navius, forbade any change in the olddivision of tbe Roman people. Bi:t Tarquin was not easily diverteil iromhis purpose. He told the augur that lie shoiddgo and consult the sacred liii-ds, and ascertain-hether the thing which he—the king—nownad in mind could be done. The jiiophetreturned with the assurance that the kingswish should be fulfilled. Tanaiin then a It is a well established fact, lio\\ witli tlie Latinslong before the days of Tarquin. The comhict ofRomulus and Remus in waiting for tlie I
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