“The Sister's Beam.'’A tomb of hewn stone was constructed for Horatia on the spot where she was murdered. XXVIL The Treachery of .Metthcs Fufetius.----But the peace with Alba was not a lasting one. The Alban dictator had incurred general odium、 through"r . 1 n " . 1 11 , . 1卿ing4 11trus . -1d rr entrusted the fortunes of the z5tate to three soldiers。and tnxs had an evil erect upon his weak character. As-straiglltfor擎rd oAs straightforward.u 1 P counsels hadc turned out so unfortunate, he tried to recover the popular fav the pop呼ar favour by resortingwW to crooked ones and as he had previously mane peace his aim ilk, war, so now he sought the occasion of war in peace.He recognised that his State possessed more courage than strength, he therefore incited other nations to declare war openly and formallv. whilst he rent for his own -aeoi)le an omnin,cr, for treacnerv under the mask of an anxance. 'l'ne Deowe of .u iuenae. where a Roman colony existed, were induced to go to war by a compact on the part of the Albans to desert to them;the Veientines were taken into the plot. When Fidenae had bro释en revolt, Tullus summoned Mettius and hisarmy from Alba and marched against the enemy. After crossingthe Anio he encamped at the junction. of that river with theTiber. The army of 'the veientines had crossed the Tiber at aspot between his camp and Fidenae. In the battle they formedthe right wing near the river, the Fidenates were on the left nearer the mountains. Tullus formed dais trop ps in front of the 'Veientines and stationed the Albans against the legion of the Fidenates. The Alban general showed as little courage as fidelity:afraid either tea keexa his earound or to 以e人几J drew away gradually towards the mountains.。When he thow ，幻4牡Jti‘ 0巨奋‘奄.几上儿 fare had retired, tar enouzh. he 1a.aited this entire armv, anct -一_一%W_I‘.‘二二护 irresolute, he began to form his men for attack, by wa 纲pin粉ime intending to throw his str ng thon the w inning side.土,nose Romans who had been st at' xonec next to the Albans were astounded to find that their allies had withdrawn and left their flank exposed, when a horseman. rode up at full speed and reported to the king that the Albans were leaving the field. In this critical situation, '1 unus vowea to touna a conege of twelve Salii and to build temples to Pallor and Favor. Then, reorimandin.a the horseman loud enough for the enemy to hear, he ordered him to rejoin the ngntzng une, aaalng that -mere was no occasion for aiarm? as it was oy nis oraers that the Aiaan army was making a circuit. that they might fall on the unprotected rear of the Fidenates. At the same time he ordered the cavalry to raise their spears; this action. hid the retreating Alban army from a large part of the Roman. Lfantry. Those who had seen them, thinking that what the g had said was actually the case, fought all the more keenly. It was now the enemies' turn to be alarmed;they had heard clearly the words of the king, and, moreover, a large part of the Fidenates who had formerly joined the Roman colonists understood Latin. Fearxng to be cut off from their town by a sudden charge of the Albans from the hills, they retreated. Tullus pressed the attack. and after routing the Fidenates, returned to attack the Veientines with greater confidence，as thev were already de- V，.I moralised by the panic of their allies.They did not wait for the charze, but their flight was checked by the river in their rear. When they reached it, some, flinging away their arms,