 The king, who was walking in his garden when the messenger arrived, made no reply, but kept striking off the heads of the tallest poppies with his stick.Sextus took the hint, and put to death, or banished on false charges, all the leading men of Gabii, after which he had no difficulty in compelling the city to submit.Tarquin agreed upon a peace with the Aequi, and renewed the treaty of peace between Rome and the Etruscans.