W。with the Zqui and Sabines: The military op er tions were not any more satisfactory than the domestic admini tration. The commanders were certainly at fault in havin, made themselves objects of detestation to the izens, bu otherwise the whole of the blame rested on the soldiers，who 亡1 to prevent anything from succeeding under the auspices an铸 leadership of the decemvirs, disgraced both themselves and their generals by allowing themselves to be defeated. Both armies had been routed, the one by the Sabines at Eretum, the other by the .Equi on Algidus. Fleeing from Eretum in the silence of the ni沙t, they had entrenched themselves on some high ground near the City between Fidenae and Crustumeria.- They refused to meet th e pursuing enemy anywhere on equal terms and trusted for saf ety to their entrenchments and the the ground, not to arms or courage. On Alg记us ntore disgracefully, suffered a heavier defeat‘ their camp. Deprived of all their stores the }ldiers made their way to Tusculum, looking for subsistence 乡the good faith and compassion of their hosts and their fidence was not misplaced. ch alarming rePortswerebrought treportsboRome that t th 声，。·_，荞_，·，，.，2 aside their Ieelzngxeeagalnstmeaecemvirs, resolvea that should be mounted in the City, ordered that all who re of age to bear arms should man the walls and， undertake 笋切ostduty黔丈or气me， gages,anQ」尸ecree仔.a suppy o土armstpost dutyrrV 4 1 . , } ' , 7 , r T 乡夕e“e乡tt?’iusC呼‘umtorep‘aceum工no号e臀‘Cn，llaQpeensent to -1-uscu 少妙Sttl?.eaecemvxrs， were tohilstb,C , !?97，evacuate上uscu‘umT，and，胶eep 饭e止solCtlersencarnPeQ·l neotnercamp vas toDetransferredheir soidlers 氛omFidenae on to the Sabine territory, and bynom assuming the deter the enemy of attacking the 罗几eAssassinationThe Siccius.--T o these defeats a七