In summo custos Tarpeiae Manlius arcis Stabat pro templo et Capitolia celsa tenebat, Romuleoque recens horrebat regia culmo. Atque his auratis volitans argenteus anser 655 Porticibus Gallos in limine adesse canebat; Galli per dumos aderant, arcemque tenebant, Defensi tenebris et dono noctis opacae; Aurea caesaries ollis, atque aurea vestis; Virgatis lucent sagulis; tum lactea colla 660 Auro innectuntur; duo quisque Alpina coruscant Gaesa manu, scutis protecti corpora longis. VERGIL, _Aen._ viii. 652-662. +Context.+ Venus brings Aeneas his new armour: he gazes at the shield whereon were wrought scenes of the story of Rome to be. [Linenotes: 652. +in summo+ (sc. +clipeo+), _on the top of the shield_, as held in position. 654. +Romuleoque ... culmo+ = lit. _and the palace was stiff freshly covered_ (+recens+) _with the thatch of Romulus_. 655-656. +auratis ... porticibus+ = _the gilded colonnades_ of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus of Vergil’s day, restored 69 B.C. 660. +virgatis sagulis+ = _with striped cloaks_--+virgatus+ = with bands or bars like shoots (_virgae_)--an effect produced by inlaying. C. 661-662. +Alpina gaesa+ = _Alpine_ (i.e. _native_) _javelins_.] B. _The Fate of Manlius, 384 B.C._ M. Manlius, unde Gallos depulerat, inde ipse praecipitatus est, quia fortiter defensam libertatem nefarie opprimere conatus fuerat. Cuius iustae ultionis nimirum haec praefatio fuit: ‘Manlius eras {15} mihi, cum praecipites agebas Senones; postquam imitari coepisti, unus factus es ex Senonibus.’ Huius supplicio aeternae memoriae nota inserta est: propter illum enim lege sanciri placuit ne quis patricius in arce aut Capitolio habitaret, quia domum eo loco {20} habuerat, ubi nunc aedem Monetae videmus. VALERIUS MAXIMUS, vi. _De Severitate_. [Linenotes: 13-14. +quia ... fuerat.+ Manlius in reality fell a victim to his sympathies with the Plebeians. Cf. the fate of Sp. Cassius 485 B.C. 18. +nota+ = _a mark (brand) of infamy_. 20-21. +quia ... habuerat.+ His house on the Capitol was razed to the ground. 21. +aedem Monetae+, a surname of Juno, in whose temple on the Arx money was coined. Cf. our Mint.] ‘Thus ended the life of Manlius, the deliverer of Rome, the humane friend of an oppressed people, condemned by this very people to die the death of a traitor.’ --Ihne. D26 THE INVASION OF ROME BY THE GAULS, 390 B.C. (5) _Camillus, Parens Patriae._