The Fabii at the Cremera.-Conseauently the election of Laeso r aoius as consul, tozetner wftiz’上’xtus v eraxnusa was welcomed by the plebs as much as by the patricians. Now that there was a favourable prospect of concord, he subordinated all militarv proiects to the task of brinzinLy the patricians and the plebs mto union at the earliest Dossible moment. At the beL'lnnng of nis year of ornce ne proposea tnat beiore any traoune came forward to advocate the Agrarian Law, the senate should anticipate him bywork and distributas fairly as possiblit by whose sweatThe patricianscomplained that trwanton and enfeet燕taking what was their ownaken in war to the plebeiansfight that those should havebeen won.>sal with scorn, some evenhind of Caeso was becomingxcess of glory which he had won. There were no party struggles in the City: The Latins were being harassed by the inroads of the .Equi. Caeso Was despatched thither with an army, and crossed over into the territory of the -'Equi to ravage it. The Aqui withdrew into their towns and. remainea oenzna rneir wads. iv o battle of any 恤portance took place. But the rashness of the other consul’incurred a defeat at the hands of the Veientines, and it was only the arrival of Caeso Fabius with reinforcements that saved the army from. destruction. From that tame there was neither peace nor war with the Veientines, whose methods closely resembled those of brigands.They retired before the Roman legions into their city; thenwhen they found that they were withdrawn they made inroadson the fields, evading war by keeping quiet, and then makingquiet impossible by war. So the business could neither bedropped nor completed.Wars were threatening in other quarters also; some seemed imminent as in the case of the扭Qui anal Volscians. who were only keepin g quiet till the effect of their recent defeat should 沙ilst it was evident7 Y 7 7今at. the Sabines, perpetual .rc.ome, ana me wn.ole ot Etruria would soon be in motion. But the Veientines, a persistent rather than a formidable foe, created more irritation than. alarm because it was never safe to neglect them. or to turn the attention elsewhere. Under these circumstances the Fabii carne to the senate, and the consul, on behalf of his house, spoke as。follows:“As you are aware, senators the Veientine war does not require a 毗e force so much as one constantly in the field. Let the other wars be vour care. leave the Fabii to deal with the Veien- 一r tines. we w' 尸1又igua rantee that the majesty of Rome shah be safe in that quarter W e propose to carry on that war as a private War of our own at our own cost. Let the State be spared money and men there." 八very nearzy voce ox rnanxs was passed;the consul left the House and returned home accompanied by the Fabii, who had been standing in the vestibule awaiting the senate's decision. After receiving instruc-tions to meet on the morrow, fully armed, before the consul's