They chose, therefore, Camillus again military
tribune; and a day being appointed for Manlius to answer to his
charge, the prospect from the place where his trial was held
proved a great impediment to his accusers; for the very spot where
Manlius by night fought with the Gauls overlooked the forum from
the Capitol, so that, stretching forth his hands that way, and
weeping, he called to their remembrance his past actions, raising
compassion in all that beheld him. Insomuch that the judges were
at a loss what to do, and several times adjourned the trial,
unwilling to acquit him of the crime, which was sufficiently
proved, and yet unable to execute the law while his noble action
remained, as it were, before their eyes. Camillus, considering
this, transferred the court outside the gates to the Peteline
Grove, from whence there is no prospect of the Capitol Here his
accuser went on with his charge, and his judges were capable of
remembering the duly resenting his guilty deeds. He was convicted,
carried to the Capitol, and flung headlong from the rock; so that
one and same spot was thus the witness of his greatest glory, and
monument of his most unfortunate end. The Romans, besides, razed
his house, and built there a temple to the goddess they call
Moneta, ordaining for the future that none of the patrician order
should ever dwell on the Capitoline.
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