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I shall see whether you will submit to an appeal to which a Roman king —Tullus Hotilius —submitted.” Alluding to the case of Horatius, Book I. p. 31. He at once left the Senate-house for the
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Assembly. Thither the Dictator also proceeded with a small party, whilst the Master of the Horse was accompanied by all the leaders of the senate in a body. They had both taken their places on the rostra when Papirius ordered Fabius to be removed to the space
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below. His father followed him and turned to Papirius with the remark, “You do well to order us to be removed to a position from which we can speak as private
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citizens.” For some time regular debate was out of the question, nothing was heard but mutual
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altercations. At last the loud and indignant tones of the elder Fabius rose above the hubbub as he expatiated on the tyranny and brutality of Papirius. He himself, he said, had been Dictator, and not a single person, not a single plebeian, whether centurion or private soldier, had ever suffered any wrong from
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him. But Papirius would wrest victory and triumph from a Roman commander just as he would from hostile generals. What a difference there was between the moderation shown by the men of old and this new fashion of ruthless
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severity! The Dictator, Quinctius Cincinnatus, rescued the consul, L. Minucius, from a blockade, and the only punishment he inflicted was to leave him as second in command of the
