W n11st a aivision was Delng taken ana the younger senators were carrying this proposition, Valerius and Horatius rose again 1n great excitement and loudly demanded leave to discuss the political situation，If, then said ，the faction in the sen就e prevented them they would bring it before the people, for private c itizens had no1 power to silence them either in the Senate-house orSenate-ho lseormtne公、SSemD上y, the Assemblv，and th were not going to" mi x r '1 give way r}ezore Lne xasces0l},lnocKaL b吐。犷已命巨拓又户从解云而八或笋韶lth orlzy.八pplusle几t that unless he met their vinPn，wi i-h equal audacitv. his 占J J authority was practically at an end.“It will be better,'’he said,“not to spear on any subject but the one we are now considering," and as Valerius insisted that he should not keep silent for a private citizen, Appius ordered a lictor to go to Valerius ran to the doors of the Senate一ouse and invoked“the protection of the Cuirites·，’L. Cornelius put an end to the scene by throwing his arms round Appius as though to protect Valerius, but really to protect Appius from. further mischief. He obtained permission for Valerius to say what he wanted, and as this liberty did not go beyond words, the decemvirs achieved their purpose. The consulars and senior senators felt that the tribunitian authoritv, which thev still reLrarded with aetestatxon, was mucn more eaaerivdesirea by the Aleos tnan the restoration of the consular authority, and they would almo: rather have had the decemvirs voluntarily resigning office a., a subsequent period than that the plebs should recover PC, through， the梦，unpopularity.1 7。If， matters，could b e quietii arranged and the consuls restored without any ul ar di r turbance, they thought that either the preoccup ion of wc. or the moderate exercise of power on the part of the consuls would make the plebs forget all about their tribunes. The levy was proclaimed without any protest from the senate The men of ave for active service answered to their names。。 .，‘J，，.，.，·，广。，，·TTN mere was no appeal tY '7扮哭to e.,热tnority oi the aec甲virs·岁her t呼 legions were叩rouea, the臀cemvirs arranger* 只among tnemselves their respective comman as. I neprominent men amono.rsi tnem were望·.r aoius and..appius Ulaualus. Lne war at home threatened to be, more serious than the one abroad, and th( violent disposition of Appius was deemed more fitted to represcommotions in. the City, whilst Fabius was looked upon a. more inclined to evito them. This man一practices than to be any permanent gookat one time so distinguished both at hom and 'in the field, had been so changed by office and the influenc,,,of his colleagues that he preferred to take Appius as his mode'srather than be true to himself. He was entrusted with. th.-. Sabine war, and Manlius Rabuleius and Q. Poetilius were asst in its conduct. M. Cornelius was sent t( with T.,. Minucius, T. Antonius, Kaeso Duillius and M.Sergius. It was decreed that Sp. Oppius should assis一 。Claudius in the defence of the City, with an authori' ordinate with that of the other decemvirs.