二iththoVols而。a二d沼quiwith the Volscians and r '一The Agraria La叨一ThePoPularangerghaw.--The popular angeragainst Cass ius did not lastaner a The attractiveness of theAgrarianLaw, though its author was removed, was in itself sufficient to make the plebeians desire it, and their eagerness for it was intensified ，y the unscrupulousness of the senate,whocheated the soldiers out of their share of the spoil which. they had won that year from the Volscians andqui. Everything taken from the enemy was sold by theabius and the amount realised paid into the treasury.consul n spite of the hatred which this produced in the plebs againstabian house, the patricians succeeded in gettingthe wholeEmilius as consuls fox the nextabius elected with L.aeso year. This still further embittered the p lebeians, and domestic disturbancesbrought on a foreign war. F orthetime civic 气2 ;were of one 匕orious action wasfoughtunder .A;milius.was The enemy in the retreat than in the battle, so hotly did the cavalry pursue their routed foe. In the same year the temple of pastor was dedicated on xstllof July.It had been vowed by theDictator k'ostumius 运the Latin war; lads son was appointed“duumvir”for its dedication. In this year, too, the minds of the plebeians were much exercised by the attractions which the Agrarian Law held out for them, and the tribunes made their office more popular by constantly dwelling on this popular measure. The patricians,, believing that, there was enough and more than enough madness 远the multitude as it was, viewed with horror these bribes and incentives to recklessness. The consuls led the way in offering a mos万cdezermineca resistance, and the senat气won the.,。鲜，.,N orro was tine victory on1v a momentary one. for thev elected as consuls for the following yearM . Fabius, the brother of Caeso, and L. Valerius。who was an object of special hatred on r part of the plebs through h is prosecution of Sp. Cassius. contest with the tribunes went on through the vear:the V时产 remained a dead letter, and the tribunes, with their fruitless promises, turned out to be idle boasters. The Fabian house gained an immense reputation tnrouga zne znree successive consuls hips of its members. all of whom had beer. uniformly success tul in tnezr resistance to the tribunes. .i ne omc e rema认ed, lake a safe investment, for some time in the family. and the Volscians rose again. The 戴ow began with Veii,people possessed more thanwars, but they wasted it sufficient strength. for their foreignin domestic strife. The universal anxiety was aggravated by supernatural portents, menaci ng almost daily City and country alike. The soothsayers W ho were consulted by the State and by private persons, de clared that the divine wrath was due to nothing else but the profanation of sacred functions. These alarms resulted in the punishment of Oppia, a Vestal virgin who was convicted of unchastity.