Upon their return, Coriola'nus is said to have been slain by an insurrection of the people, and honourably buried, after a late and ineffectual repentance.
27.

Great and many were the public rejoicings at Rome upon the retreat of the Volscian army;[3] but they were clouded soon after by the intrigues of Spu'rius Cas'sius, who, wanting to make himself despotic by means of the people, was found guilty of a number of crimes, all tending towards altering the constitution; and was thrown headlong from the Tarpei'an rock,[4] by those very people whose interests he had endeavoured to extend.
_Questions for Examination_.
1.

What were the consequences of the late separation?
2.

What measures were taken to remedy these misfortunes, and to whom was the blame of them attributed?
3.

What happened to remove the popular discontent?
4.