.Internal Disturbances一Peace concluded with the 刀qui. .---When this war had been brought to a close. the fears of the patricians were aroused by a war which. the tribunes commenced at home. exclaimed that the army was being detained abroad from nest motives;it was intended to frustrate the passing of the Law;all the same they would carry throuzh the tasK they naa oegun. L. Lucretius，the prefect of the City, succeeded, however, an inducing the tribunes to defer action till the arrival of the consuls. and Q. Servilius, A fresh cause of trouble arose. A.. Corneliusthe quaestors,14 indicted M. Volscius on thehad given what was undoubtedly false evidenIt had become known from many sources that ground that he ce against Caeso. after the brother of Volscius first became ill, he had not only never been seen in public. but had not even left his bed，and his death was due to an illness of many months' standing. On the date at which the witness fixed the crime, Caeso was not seen in borne, whilst those who had served with him declared that he had constantly been in his place in the ranks with there anal had not had leave private of absence. Many people urged Volscius to institute asuit before a judge. As he did not venture to take thisand all the above-mentioned evidence pointed to one conhis condemnation was no more doubtful than that o course, clusion, f Caeso had been: on the evidence which he had given. The tribunes managed to delay matters;they said they would not allow the quaestors to bring the accused before the Assembly unless it had first been convened to carry the Law. Both questions were adjourned till the‘ arrival of the consuls. when they made their triumphal entry at the head of th victorious nothinz was said about the Law:most℃ posed that the tribunes were -intimidated. end of the year and they were aiming at a fourth year of office. so they turned their activity from the Law to canvass the electors. Though the consuls had opposed the tribun on tinuance in office as strenuously as if the Law had been mooted solely to impair their authority, the victory remained with the tribunes. In the same year the Xqui sued for and obtained peace. census. commenced the previous year, was completed ，and nL衣‘十‘ 户勺0与e J人口r y, “lustrum," which was then closed, is stated to have been tenth since the beginning of the City. The numbers of the census amounted to:工7,3 i g. The consuls in tha七year won a great reputation both at home and in war, for they secured peace abroad, and though there was not harmony at home, the commonwealth was less disturbed than had been on other {occasions.