Tullus Hostilius and the War with .AZba.-The death of Numa was followed by a second interregnum. Then Tullus Aostiixus, a grandson ox the Hostilius who had fought so bri1liantly at the foot of the Citadel against the king。by the people, and their choice was confirmed by the senate. tie waw气。乎。℃on缪unlx件t竺last，king,夕哄he was a man of more warjixe spirit even tnan.Komuius, and his ambition was kindled by leis own youthful energy and by the glorious achievements of his grandfather. Convinced that the vigour of the State was becoming enfeebled through inaction looked all round for a pretext for getting up awar。 It so happened that Roman peasants were at that time in t月，nh eee habit of carrying off plunder from the Alban territory, a nd Albans from Roman territory. Gains Cluilius was at the time ruling in Alba. Both parties sent envoys almost simultaneouslyi Y 7 r.... 11 Y -1, 111, 1 1 " '4 .7 I. '1 .. ro seeK regress。一.t ullus had told his aMnassadors to lose no time in carrying out their Albans would refuse exist for proclaiming war.，， The Alban envoys proceeded in，“ more leisurely fashion.1 + w .}’上ulmus received them,. warn， all courtesy and entertained them sumptuously. Meantime the Romans had preferred their demands, and on the Alban governor's refusal had declared that war would begin in thirty- days When" this was reported to Tullus, he granted the Albans an audience in which they were to state the object of their coming .ignorant of all that had happened, they wasted time in explaining that it was with great reluctance that they would say anything which might displease Tullus. but then were bound by tneir instructions;they were come to aemana regress, and it that were refused they were ordered to declare war.“Tell your king," replied Tullus,“that the king of Rome calls the gods to witness that whichever nation is the first to dismiss with ignominy the envoys who came to seek redress, upon that nation they will visit all the sufferings of this war."