Calendar: 1856-1857 Page 408

THE SCHOOL 409 cure him possession of the crown But this is poor apology when it is confessed that he was ready to commit the most horrid crimes which appeared necessary for that purpose and it is cer- tain that all his courage and capacity qualities in which he really seems not to have been deficient would never have made com- pensation to the people for the danger of the precedent and for the contagious example of vice and murder exalted upon the throne This prince was of small stature hump-backed and had harsh disagreeable countenance so that his body was in every particular no less deformed than his mind SECOND CLASS SCHOLARSHIP The same papers in Divinity Grammar and Composition as were set for the First Class Scholarship ibt WM Where and in what year was Livy born Who were the consuls of the year In what year did he die What Latin poet died in the same year What period did his history comprise What portions have been preserved How do you account for the division into Decades With what event does the extant portion of his work terminate Give summary with dates of the chief events in the 7th Book Define according to Niebuhr the terms populus and plebs and trace the gradual establishment of political equality between the orders State the provisions of the Rogationes Licinia and what is recorded of their author Of how many soldiers did legion consist at different periods Specify its subdivisions Describe the order in which the Roman army was drawn up in order of battle