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C. 463. 75. month of wail and fright. September is a very unhealthy month in Rome. 76. augurs. An augur foretold the future by interpreting such signs as the flight of birds. — borne forth. Carried out dead from their houses. 87. Icilius. An imaginary character who took the opportunity to stir up the people to revolt. 89. column. The pila Horatia on which were displayed the spoils of the fight between the Curatii, the champions of the Albans, and the Horatii, those of the Romans. 95. Servius. S...ervius Tullius, an early king who gave the people a constitution. 97. false sons. In the first attempt of Tarquin to regain his throne the conspirators included two sons of the Consul, Lucius Junius Brutus, who had the lictor put them to death like the others. On Tarquin's attempts see page 24. 98. Scaevola. In the siege of Rome, during Tarquin's third at- tempt, Mucius, a Roman noble, went to Porsena's camp to kill him, NOTES 125 but was captured. To show his contempt for any punishment, he calmly let his right hand burn in a fire.
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