whilst these events were occurring at Antium, the 2Equi sen七forward some of their bcs七troops and by a sudden night attack captured the citadel of Tusculum;the rest of the army they halted not far from. the walls, in order to distract the enemy. Intelligence of this quickly reached Rome,, and from 又ome was carried to the camp before Antium, where it produced as much excitement as if the Capitol had been taken. The service which Tusculum had so recently rendered and the similar character of the danger then and now, demanded a similar return of assistance. Fabius made it his first object to carry the spoil from the camp into Antium;leaving a small force there he hastened by forced marches to Tusculum. The soldiers were not allowed to carry anything but their arms and whatever baked bread was at hand, the consul，Cornelius brought， up supplies from Rome.’ The fighting went on for some months at Tusculum. With a portion of his army the consul attacked the camp of the Equi, the rest he lent to the Tusculans for the recapture of their citadel. This could not be approached by direct assault. Ultimately, famine compelled the enemy to evacuate it, and after being reduced to the last extremities, they were all stripped of their arms and clothes and, sent under the yoke. Whilst they were making their way home in this Ignomxnious plight, the Roman consul on Algidus followed them up and slew them to a man. After this victory he led his army back to“place called Columen, where he， fixe性his camp. Asw. the wal拐呼Rome were no，， longer e砰。毛ea to danger after tS '夕e defeat ot the enemy, the other叩nsui also marched out of the City. 'the two consulsJ entered the enemies' territories by separate routes, and each trlca To_ outdo, ,, ., , ,严e other in devastatingr . y 7r, + . . the Volscian lands on the one side and those of tale ./-Equi on the other.‘. I find it stated in the maj orzty ox authorities that八ntxum revolted this year, but that the consul L. Cornelius conducted a campaign and recaptured the town, I would not venture to assert, as there is no mention of it in the older writers,