she had no idea what he meant ; and he was almost too angry to explain , but she managed , eventually , to find out that it was n't only tarquinius who 'd been upset by the changes in the army , and that manius had lost his command , and been demoted , or rather , that in the merging of two centuries , someone had forgotten to ensure he was given a place in the new entity , so that he was left on the strength , but without a posting , and , if you took the rules literally , subordinate to a man vastly his junior .