His house, in which his conspiracies had been secretly carried on, and which had been built as the reward of his valour, was ordered to be razed to the ground, and his family were forbidden ever after to assume the name of Man'lius.
27.

Thus the Romans went gradually forward, with a mixture of turbulence and superstition within their walls, and successful enterprises without.
28.

With what implicit obedience they submitted to their pontiffs, and how far they might be impelled to encounter even death itself, at their command, will evidently appear from the behaviour of Cur'tius, about this time.
[Sidenote: U.C.

392.] Upon the opening of the gulf in the forum, which the augurs affirmed would never close till the most precious things in Rome were thrown into it, this heroic man, clad in complete armour, and mounted on horseback, boldly leaped into the midst, declaring, that nothing was more truly valuable than patriotism and military virtue.29.The gulf, say the historians, closed immediately upon this, and Cur'tius was seen no more.[17] [Sidenote: U.C.

396] 30.