CHAPTER X.
FROM THE CREATION OF THE DICTATOR TO THE ELECTION OF THE TRIBUNES .-- U.C.

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And add the Tribunes, image of the people--_Anon_.
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LAR'TIUS, being created dictator,[1] entered upon his office, surrounded with lictors and all the ensigns of ancient royalty; and, seated upon a throne in the midst of the people, ordered the levies to be made, in the manner of the kings of Rome.2.The populace looked with terror upon a magistrate whom they had invested with uncontrollable power, and each went peaceably to range himself under his respective standard.3.Thus going forth to oppose the enemy, he, after concluding a truce for a year, returned with his army, and, in six months, laid down the dictatorship, with the reputation of having exercised it with blameless lenity.
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But, though for this time the people submitted to be led forth, they yet resolved to free themselves from the yoke; and, though they could not get their grievances redressed, yet they determined to fly from those whom they could not move to compassion.

The grievances, therefore, continuing, they resolved to quit a city which gave them no shelter, and to form a new establishment without its limits.