of Anagnia, although a friend of C. Gracchus, carried the head of the latter to the consul
Opimius, and obtained for it its weight in gold, in accordance with a proclamation which had
been made at the beginning of the contest. It is related that Septimuleius took out the brain,
;nd put melted lead in its stead, or, according to another version of the story, filled the
mouth with lead. (Plut. C. Gracch. 17 ;