Mucius was accordingly dismissed; afterwards he
received the sobriquet of Scaevola from the loss of his right
hand. Envoys from Porsena followed him to Rome. The king's
narrow escape from the first of many attempts which was owing
solely to the mistake of his assailant, and the prospect of
having to meet as many attacks as there were conspirators, so
unnerved him that he made proposals of peace to Rome. One for
the restoration of the Tarquins was put forward, more
because he could not well refuse their request than because
he had any hope of its being granted. The demand for the
restitution of their territory to the Veientines, and that
for the surrender of hostages as a condition of the
withdrawal of the detachment from the Janiculum, were felt by
the Romans to be inevitable, and on their being accepted and
peace concluded, Porsena moved his troops from the Janiculum
and evacuated the Roman territory. As a recognition of his
courage the senate gave C. Mucius a piece of land
across the river, which was afterwards known as the Mucian
Meadows.
