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So Cincinnatus left his plow standing where it was , and hurried to the city . When he passed through the streets , and gave orders as to what should be done , some of the people were afraid , for they knew that he had all power in Rome to do what he pleased . But he armed the guards and the boys , and went out at their head to fight the fierce mountain men , and free the Roman army from the trap into which it had fallen . A few days afterward there was great joy in Rome . There was good news from Cincinnatus . The men of the mountains had been beaten with great loss . They had been driven back into their own place . And now the Roman army , with the boys and the guards , was coming home with banners flying , and shouts of victory ; and at their head rode Cincinnatus . He had saved Rome . Cincinnatus might then have made himself king ; for his word was law , and no man dared lift a finger against him . But , before the people could thank him enough for what he had done , he gave back the power to the white - haired Roman Fathers , and went again to his little farm and his plow . He had been the ruler of Rome for sixteen days . THE STORY OF REGULUS . On the other side of the sea from Rome there was once a great city named Carthage . The Roman people were never very friendly to the people of Carthage , and at last a war began between them . For a long time it was hard to tell which would prove the stronger . First the Romans would gain a battle , and then the men of Carthage would gain a battle ; and so the war went on for many years . Among the Romans there was a brave general named Regulus , — a man of whom it was said that he never broke his word . It so happened after a while , that Regulus was taken prisoner and carried to Carthage . Ill and very lonely , he dreamed of his wife and little children so far away beyond the sea ; and he had but little hope of ever seeing them again . He loved his home dearly , but he believed that his first duty was to his country ; and so he had left all , to fight in this cruel war . He had lost a battle , it is true , and had been taken prisoner . Yet he knew that the Romans were gaining ground , and the people of Carthage were afraid of being beaten in the end . They had sent into other countries to hire soldiers to help them ; but even with these they would not be able to fight much longer against Rome . One day some of the rulers of Carthage came to the prison to talk with Regulus .
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