Pestilence in .Tome一The Deceinvirs.--As regards foreign war, the year was a quiet one. The following one, in which I'. Curiatius and Sextus Quinctilius were consuls, was still quieter owing to the continued silence of the tribunes. This was due to two causes:first. thev were ，J waiting for the return of the commissioners who had gone to Athens. and the foreign laws which thev were to brim:and 尹、J J ‘.J， secondly, two fearful disasters came tozether. famine and a V， pestilence which was fatal to men and fatal to cattle. The fields lay waste, the City was depleted by an unbroken series of deaths. many illustrious houses were in mourning. The Flamen e r Servius Cornelius。died also the augur C. Horatius in whose place the augurs chose C. Veturius, all the more e咭erly because he had been condemned by the plebs. The consul Quinetilius and four tribunes of the plebs died. The year was a gloomy one owing to the numerous losses. There was a respite from external enemies. The succeeding consuls were C. Menenius and P. Sestius Capitolinus. This year also was free from war abroad. but I commotions began at home. The commissioners had now returned with the laws of Athens ;the tribunes, in consequence, were more insistent that a commencement should at last be made in the， compilation of the laws1_ 7 r rn t, , , t t r.二工七，was decided that aI\ T , , , bay of I en， thence called the’一Uecemvlrs一1 should be created ., a from whom there should be no appeal, and "chat ail other magic-. , , , , , , , r , 7 1717 tra"ces should be suspense丹Jor the，ye愁又·，1臀re_was a long controversy as to whether plebeians should be admitted;at last they gave way to’the patricians on condition that the Icilian Law concerning the Aventine and the other sacred laws should not be repealed.