War witli the Zqui and VoZscians.-In the follow吨 year, Q. Servilius-for he was consul with Sp. Postumius--was sent against the ,Equi, and fixed his entrenched. camp on Latin territory. His array was attaclce&by an epidemic and compelled to remain inactive. The war was protracted into the third year, when Quinctius Fabius and T. Quinctius were the consuls As Fabius after his victorv had zranted peace to the./Ecui. they .砂、J A占J were by special edict assigned to him as his sphere of operation. He set ou七in the firm belief that the renown of his name would dispose them to peace;accordingly he sent envoys to their national. council who were instructed to carry a message from. Q. Fabius the consul to the effect that as he had brought peace from the .Xqui to Rome, so now he was bringing war from. Rome to the 2Equi, with the same right hand, now armed, which he had formerly given to them as a pledge of peace. The gods were now the witnesses and would soon be the avengers of those through whose perfidy and perjury this had come about. In any case, however, he would rather that the 1Equi should repent of their own accord than suffer at the hands of an. enemy;if they did repent they could safely throw themselves on the clemency they had already experienced, but if they found pleasure in perjuring themselves, they would be warring more against the Angered gods than against earthly foes. These words, however, had so little effect that the envoys barely escaped maltreatment, and an array was despatched to Mount Algidus against the Romans. .n this being reported at Rome. feelinzs of indiznation rather than avnrehension of danzer hurried the other consul out of the City. bo two armies under the command of both, consuls advanced against the enemy玩battle formation, to bring about an immediate engagement. Rut, as it happened, not much daylight remained, and a soldier called out from the enemies' outposts:“This, Romans, is making a display of war, not waging it. You form your line when night is at hand;we need more daylight for the coming battle. When to-morrow's sun is rising, get into line again. There will bean ample opportunity of fighting, do not fear!”Smarting under these taunts the soldiers were marched back into camp, to wait for the next day. They thought the coming night a long one, as it delayed the contest; after returning to camp they refreshed themselves with food and sleep When the next d ay dawned the Roman line was formed some time before that of the enemy. At length the Rqui advanced. The was fierce on both sides;the Romans fought in an bitter temper; the Eaui, conscious of the danerer in 人I V which their misdoing had involved them, and ho-Deless of ever rJ be吨trusted in trus七e" 'n the future, were compelled to make a desperat and斤n 1q I P'Tn ,4F They did not, however, hold their ground st the Roman army, but were defeated and forced to retire their frontiers. The spirit of the rank. and file of the was unbroken and not a whit more inclined to peace. They censured their generals because they staked all on one pitched. wtl 9Pla粤0 . ,。士hg钾 battle， a mode of fig hting in which the Romans excelled whereas the .rhqux, they saga, were better at destructive forays and raids;numerous bands acting in all directions would be more successful than if massed in one great army.