2. By what means was the succession assured to Servius Tullius? 3. Who was Servius? 4. What was the chief object of his reign? 5. What was the nature of the change made by Servius in the Roman constitution? 6. Was the classification by centuries used for civil purposes only? 7. What other important measure did he adopt? 8. What hopes did he entertain in his old age? 9. By what means did he hope to secure tranquil possession of the throne? 10. How was it that the event failed to answer his expectations? 11. To what farther crimes did the commencement lead? 12. What followed? 13. What was the conduct of his daughter on this melancholy occasion? 14. What was the character of Servius, and how long did he reign? FOOTNOTES: [1] A flame of fire gliding about without doing any harm. [2] A large plain at Rome, without the walls of the city, where the Roman youth performed their exercises. Cam'pus is the Latin word for field; and this field or plain was called Mar'tius, because it was dedicated to Mars, the god of war. [3] The blood of the good old king is said to have dyed the chariot wheels, and even the clothes of the inhuman daughter; from that time the street where it happened was called _vicus sceleratus_, the wicked or accursed street. * * * * * CHAPTER VIII. FROM THE DEATH OF SERVIUS TULLIUS TO THE BANISHMENT OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS THE SEVENTH AND LAST KING OF ROME U.C. 220. A nobler spirit warm'd Her sons; and roused by tyrants, nobler still It burn'd in Brutus.--_Thomson_. 1. LU'CIUS TARQUIN'IUS, afterwards called Super'bus, or the Proud, having placed himself upon the throne, in consequence of this horrid deed, was resolved to support his dignity with the same violence with which it was acquired. Regardless of the senate or the people's approbation, he seemed to claim the crown by an hereditary right, and refused burial to the late king's' body, under pretence of his being an usurper. 2. All the good part of mankind, however, looked upon his accession with detestation and horror: and this act of inefficient cruelty only served to confirm their hatred. 3. Conscious of this, he ordered all such as he suspected to have been attached to Ser'vius, to be put to death; and fearing the natural consequences of his tyranny, he increased the guard round his person.