Just the opposite state of things prevailed in the army campaigning amongst the Aqui, where the consul and his soldiers vied with each other in acts of kindness and comradeship. Quinctius was naturally milder, and the "unfortunate ’severity of his colleagu e made him all the more inclined to follow the bent of his gentl e disposition. The 2Equi did not venture to meet an army where such harmony prevailed between the. general and his men., and they allowed their enemy to ravage't 1 . . T ' 'y 1 1 their' territory in all directions. in no previous war. had plunder+. . s 7 r ' t f797 1 7 f " been gathered from a wider area. I he whole of it. was givenY Y to the soldiers, and with it those words of praise which, no less than material rewards, delight the s} } 9 r 7呼dier's heart. The army1 7 . 1 returned home on better terms withJ tnexr general, and through. y . 1 ' r 1 . 7 1 }. 1 7 `7 r r 7 九unwith the patricianshim.;-they said that whilst the senate had given them awn V娜卜r it外d given the other armyti " r“tyrant.， The year, wnxcn had been passed in varying fortunes of war and furious dissensions both at home and abroad, was chiefly memorable for the Assembly of Tribes, which were important rather for the victory won in a prolonged contest than for any"1".V 7 r , . , , 7 r . . real advantage gained. l or through the withdrawal of the patricians from thei: council the Assembly lost more in than either the pleh gained, or the patricians lost, in strength.