the family of the Fabii; they made M. Fabius consul, Gnaeus Manlius was elected as his colleague. _XLYV. This year also found a tribune advocating the Agrarian"I" " PY"1'N 'Y'" " r TT "l R . 1 Law. it was I iberius rontzncius. tie adopted the same course as Sp. Licinius and for a short time stopped the enr olment.'Q The senate were again. perturbed, but Appius Claudius told them that the power of the tribunes had been overcome in the previous year, it was actually so at the present moment, and the precedent thus set would govern the future, since it had been discovered that its very strength was breaking it down. For there would never be wanting a tribune who would be glad to triumph over his colleague and secure the favour of the better party for the of the State. If more were needed, more were ready to to the assistance of the consuls、even one was sufficient. against the rest. The consuls and leaders of the senate had only to take the trouble to secure, if not all, at least some of the tribunes on the side of the commonwealth and the senate. The senators followed this advice, and whilst, as a bodv. thev ，，.--·护~-一_尹_“r“ treated the tribunes with. courtesy and kindness, the men of consular rank, in each private suit which. they instituted, succeeded, partly by personal influence partly by the authority their rank nave them，in, gettinz the tribunes to exert their 01 v w power for the welfare of the State. Fo ur of the tribunes were opposed to the one who was a hindrance to the public good;by their aid the consuls raised the levy. Then they set out for the campaign against Veii. Succours had reached this city from all parts of Etruria not so much out of r for the Veientines as because hopes were entertained of the possible dissolution of the Roman State through intestine discord._.In终publicw }}semb 1‘ assemblies throughout the cities of Etruria the chess were loudly proclaim ing that the Roman power would be eternal unless its citizens tell into the madness of mutual strife. This, they said, had proved to be the one poison, the one bane which made great empires mortal. That mischief had been for a longr time checked，partly by the wise UOIICV of the senate, partly oy the toroearance of the Webs. but now thmzs riaci reacnea extremities. The one ，‘.~r.’~丫，~一，“~’.一~一~0一一一-一一一--一一一-一_-一几--------一----一一’~.几， State had been severed into two, each with its own magistrates and its own laws. At first the enrolments were the cause of the a uarrel. but when actually on service the men obeyed their J.，J。，。，式，二1二，r generals.，As .long as mzntary discipline was main-taznea theti . r rr , r-... evl! could be arrested, whatever the state of affairs in the七itV. 户，.，户，.，，.，，，.“r d but now the tashlon ox ciisoneaience to tn.e magistrates was victory was by the common action of the whole army transferred to the vanquished .1Equi, the standards were abandoned, the commander left alone on the field, the troops returned against orders into camp. In fact, if matters were pressed, Rome could be vanquished through her own soldiers, nothing else was needful than a declaration of war, a show of military activity, the Fates and the gods would do the rest.