of a ditch, intowhich ditch their King, Cluilius,tumbled, one night, very mys-teriously, and died, which causedthem to dignify the ditch withthe name of fossa Cluilia. The Albans appointed one Met-tius Fuffetius, a fussy and nervouspersonage, as Dictator, in the place of the late King; and… … Death of Cluilius. 18 COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. [CHAP. II. requested an interview with Tullus, who agreed to the proposition, witha determination, before meeting the Dictator, not to be dictated to.Mettius represented the inconvenience of wasting whole rivers of blood,when a few pints might answer all…
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