When it was reportea tnat arms were being 1aict aside and men were deserting their posts, P. Valerius left his colleague to keep the senate together anct nurrxea to the tribunes at the }A.}fiT}.rm_u“What." he asked.“is the meaninz of this. tribunes?Are you ,going to overthrow the 6tate under the leadership of Appius Herdonius?Has the man whose appeals failed to rouse a single slave been so successtui as to corrupt you e Is it when the enemy is over our heads that you decide that men ,hall lav down their arms and discuss laws?”Then turninz to the Assembly he said,“If, Quirites, you feel no concern for the City, no anxiety for yourselves, still show reverence for yourgods who have been taken captive by an enemy! JupiterOptimus Maximus, Queen Juno and Minerva, with other godsand goddesses, are being besieged; a camp of slaves holds thetutelary deities of your country in its power. Is this theappearance which you think a State in its senses ought topresent -a large hostile force not only within the walls, but inthe " Citadel, above the Forum, above the Senate-house, whilst meantime the Assembly is being held in the Forum, the senate are in the Senate-house, and as though peace and quiet prevailed, a senator is addressing the House, whilst the Quirites in the Assembly are proceeding to vote?would it not be more becoming for every man, patrician and plebeian alike, for the consuls and tribunes, for gods and men, to come, one and all, to the rescue with their arms, to run to the Capitol and restore liberty and calm to that most venerable abode of Jupiter Optimus lylaximus?0, Father Romulus, grant to thine offspring that spirit in which thou didst once win back from these same Sabines the utaael wnicn naa peen capturea with gola ! bia them take the road on which thou didst lead thane array. Behold, I, the consul, will be the first to follow thee and thy footsteps as far as mortal man can follow a god." He ended his speech by saying that he was taking up arms, and he summoned all the Quirites to, arms. If any one tried to obstruct, he should now ignore the limits set to his consular authority, the power of the tribunes, and the laws which made them inviolable, and whoever or wherever he might be, whether in the Capitol or the Forum, he should treat him as a public enemy.'Y Y 7 T T T，The呼bunes had betterY orderr f乡哩“to be弊en叩against厂·Yai叮少s势e consw .坠as they forbade tnem to be used against iippius .rlerdonius. ..tie would, dare to do in the case of the tribunes what the head of his family 12 had dared to do in the case of the k吨s. of an appeal to force, and of There was every prospectenemy enjoying the spectacleLaw could not be voted upo of a riot in Rome. However, thethetheAs n, nor could the consul go to Capitol.for niLxht Taut an end to the threatened conflict. 人J、.〕几 night came on the tribunes retired, afraid of the consul's arms. When the authors of the disturbance were out of the wav. the senators went about amongst the plebeians, and mingling withdifferent groups pointed out the seriousness of the crisis, andwarned them to reflect into what a dangerous position theywere bringing the State. It was not a contest between patriciansanal plebeians; patricians and plebeians alike, the stronghold ofthe City, the temples of the gods, the guardian deities of the State and of every home, were being surrendered to the enemy. While these steps were being taken to lay the spirit of discord in the Forum, the consuls had gone away to inspect the gates and walls, in case of any movement on the part of the Sabines or veientines.