29.  But  a  spirit  of  wicked  passion  had  seized  upon  Sextus,  and  a
few  days  later  he  went  alone  to  Collatia,  and  being  hospitably  lodged
in  his  kinsman's  house,  violated  the  honor  of  Lucretia.     Thereupon

1.  Jirdea,  a  city  of  Latium,  and  the  capital  of  the  Rutulians,  was  about  twenty-four  miles
•outh  from  Rome,  and  three  miles  from  the  sea.    Some  ruins  of  the  ancient  city  are  still  visible,
and  bear  the  name  of  Ardea.    (Maps  Nos.  VIII.  and  X.)

2,  Colldtia,  a  town  of  Latiura,  was  near  the  south  bank  of  the  river  Anio,  twelve  or  thirteen
miles  east  from  Rome.    Its  rubis  may  still  be  traced  on  a  hill  which  has  obtained  the  name  of

(Maps  No*  VIII.  and  X.)


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she  sent  in  haste  for  her  father,  and  husband,  and  other  relatives,
and  having  told  them  of  the  wicked  deed  of  Sextus,  and  made  them
swear  that  they  would  avenge  it,  she  drew  a  knife  from  her  bosom
and  stabbed  herself  to  the  heart.  The  vow  was  renewed  over  the
dead  body,  and  Lucius  Junius  Brutus,  who  had  long  concealed  patri-
otic resolutions  under  the  mask  of  pretended  stupidity,  and  thus
saved  his  life  from  the  jealousy  of  Tarquin,  exhibited  the  corpse  to
the  people,  whom  he  influenced,  by  his  eloquence,  to  pronounce  sen-
tence of  banishment  against  Tarquin  and  his  family,  and  to  declare
that  the  dignity  of  king  should  be  abolished  forever.  (510  B.  C.)


SECTION  II.
THE   ROMAN   REPUBLIC,    FROM  THE   ABOLITION    OF   ROYALTY,    610  B.O.,

TO   THE   BEGINNING   OF   THE   WARS   WITH   CARTHAGE:

263  B.  C.  =  247  YEARS.
