Thus the Capitol was recovered.
With respect to the prisoners,[124] punishment was inflicted on each according to his station, whether he was a freeman or a slave. The commons are stated to have thrown farthings into the consul's house, that he might be buried with greater solemnity. [Footnote 124: Niebuhr thinks that Caeso was among the number.
See cap. 25, where we read "Caesonem neque Quintiae familiae, neque reipublicae restitui posse." Comp.
Niebuhr ii.n.673, Wachsmuth, p.
347.] 19.