. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . amillus dictator. Whereuponthe Veientines were so alarmed that they sent ambassadors tosue for peace. And one of these, finding that they had comeon a vain errand, turned as he was going and said : O menproud and froward of heart, doubtless ye deem it a fair deed tolevel a great city with the ground and enslave her be sure that, when ye have done this thing, it shall notbe long ere ye are yourselves made homeless. Fall of Veii Camillus fully justified the confidence reposed
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . amillus dictator. Whereuponthe Veientines were so alarmed that they sent ambassadors tosue for peace. And one of these, finding that they had comeon a vain errand, turned as he was going and said : O menproud and froward of heart, doubtless ye deem it a fair deed tolevel a great city with the ground and enslave her be sure that, when ye have done this thing, it shall notbe long ere ye are yourselves made homeless. Fall of Veii Camillus fully justified the confidence reposed in him, andbeing in command of a powerful army, composed of I^atinsHernicans, and Romans, he pressed the siege with vigour andgave the Veientines no rest. The city ultimately fell by thesame means as had been used to subdue the waters of theAlban I^ake. For Camillus caused a tunnel to be dug, whichwas carried under the walls and so guided that it should issuewithin the temple of Juno, which stood on the citadel of work went on apace, for the men dug day and night.* Plutarch, Camillus, c. 2. 78.
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