They built him a house near the place where his valour was so conspicuous, and appointed him a public fund for his support.19.But he aspired at being more than equal to Camil'lus, and to be sovereign of Rome.

With this view he laboured to ingratiate himself with the populace, paid their debts, and railed at the patricians, whom he called their oppressors.20.The senate was not ignorant of his speeches or his designs, and created Corne'lius Cossus dictator, with a view to curb the ambition of Man'lius.

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The dictator soon called Man'lius to an account for his conduct.

Man'lius, however, was too much the darling of the populace to be affected by the power of Cossus, who was obliged to lay down his office, and Man'lius was carried from confinement in triumph through the city.