house, they separated for their homes. XLIN. News of what had happened spread through the whole City, the Fabii were praised up to the skies;people said,“One family had taken up the burden of the State, the Veientine war had become a priv众e concern, a private quarrel. If there were two houses of the same strength in the City, and the one claimed the Volscians for themselves, the other the E4 qui, then all the neighbouring states could be subjugated while Rome itself remained in profound tranquillity." The next day the Fabii took their arms and assembled at the appointed place. The consul, wearing his“paludamentum," ''} went out into the vestibule and Saw the whole of his house drawn up in order of march. Taking his place in the centre, he gave the word of advance. Never has an army marched through the City smaller in numbers or with a more brilliant reputation or more universally admired。Three hundred and of one house, not a six soldiers, all patricians, all memberssingle man of whom the senate even in itsdeem unfitted for high command; went foto the Veientines through the strength of a palmiest days would rth, threatening- ruin. single family. Their were followed by a crowd;made up partly of their own. and friends, whose minds were not occupied. with hope and.r:anxiety, but filled with户“to呼st an护 vartiv ox those who shared the Dubuc anxiezv. and could not t,na woras to express their anectzon ana aamiration. “Co on." J thev cried.“you eallant band, go on, and may v ou be fortunate ，，一，了‘，，甘_，JI，’丫，_r。厂，‘，， raring pack resurts equal to -ems oeginning, znen iooK to us for consulships and triumphs and every possible reward." As they iaassed the Citadel and the Capitol and other temples. their 占几1， friends ed to each deity, whose statue or whose shrine they saw, that they would send that band with all favourable omens to success, and in a short time restore them safe to their country and their kindred. In vain were those prayers sent up! They Taroceeded on their ill-starred way by the right postern of the Carmental gate, and reached the banks of the Cremera. This seemed to them a suitable position for a fortified post. L. Emilius and C. Servilius。 were the next， consuls.， As long"1 . " r r -1 . -s . , -.-, , as it was only a question of forays and rains, the Faun were quite strong enough not only to protect their own fortified post, but, by patrolling both sides of the border-line between the Roman and Tuscan territories to make the whole district safe for themselves and dangerous for the enemy. There was a brief interruption to these raids, when the Veientines, after summoning an army from Etruria, assaulted the fortified postat the Cremera. The ,Roman legions were brought up by the consul L.黑us and fought a regular engagement with theEtruscan troops. The Veientines, however, had not time to complete their formation, and during the confumen were getting into line and the reserves werea squadron of Roman cavalry suddenly madeand gave them no chance of commencing a b,standing their ground. They were driven baclat the Saxa Rubra, and sued for peace. They裤