From being contented with those limits which had been wisely assigned to his power, he began to affect absolute sway, and to controul those laws to which he had himself formerly professed implicit obedience.

The senate was particularly displeased at his conduct, as they found themselves used only as instruments to ratify the rigour of his commands.20.We are not told the precise manner which they employed to get rid of the tyrant.

Some say that he was torn in pieces in the senate-house; others, that he disappeared while reviewing his army; certain it is, that, from the secrecy of the fact, and the concealment of the body, they took occasion to persuade the multitude that he was taken up into heaven; thus, him whom they could not bear as a king, they were contented to worship as a god.

Rom'ulus reigned thirty-seven years; and, after his death, had a temple built to him, under the name of Quiri'nus.
_Questions for Examination._ 1.

What were the first proceedings of the rude inhabitants of Rome?
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