ἱστορίαι Historiai
Liv. 3.59 The History of Rome, Livy; served verbatim
shade, after wandering through so many houses in quest of expiatory penalties, at length found rest, not one guilty person being now left. BIX. Great alarm seized the patricians;the looks of the tribunes were now as menac吨as those of the decemvirs had lob L 1Vy been M. Duillius the tribune imposed a salutary check upon their excessive exercise of authority.“We have gone,'’一he ~~:」‘名l__‘______L ; - i1-,_~~~_‘:‘_.丈____7;t_-L--___,」,一 a alu,士cU- en.uugll ill Li1C ;a,5爷ELI只11 u1 caur梦ue改牙势a the punishmentoar our opponents, so zor this year jL will allow no khan to be brought 黔to trialor cast into prison: I disapprove of old crimes long forgotten, Dezng raked up, now that the recent ones have been atoned for by the punishment of the decemvirs. The unceasing care which both the consuls are taking to protect your liberties is a guarantee that nothing will be done which ,VNrill call for the power of the tribunes." This spirit of moderation shown b y the tribune relieved the fears of the patricians, but it also intensified their resentment against the consuls, for they seemed to be so wholly devoted to the plebs, that the safety and liberty of the patricians were a matter of more immediate concern to the plebeian than their were to the patrician magistrates,It seemed as though their adversaries would grow weary of inflicting punishment on them sooner than the consuls would curb their insolence.工t was pretty generally asserted that雄ey had shown weakness, since their laws had been sanctioned by the senate, and no doubt was entertained that they had外elded to the pressure of circumstances.

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The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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