‘X众v. Peace abroad- Donxestic PoZilics.-----The following year had for consular tribunes A. Sempronius Atratinus, L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, L. Furius Medullinus, and L.Horatius Barbatus. A truce for eighteen years was ,granted to the Veientines and onefor three years to the Equi, though they had asked for a longerone. There was also a respite from civic disturbances.The following year, though not marked by either foreignwar or domestic troubles, was rendered memorable by the celebration of the Games vowed on the occasion of the war seven years before,22 which were carried out撤 publicly decided to give them. When the Games were over, the tribunes of the plebs began to deliver inflammatory harangues. They reproached the populace for allowing their stupid admiration of those whom they really hated to keep them in tual servitude Nof only did they lack the courage to claim. eir share in the chance of preferment to the consulship, but even in the election of consular tribunes，which was oT)en to both patricians and Dlebeians，thev never thouzht of their tribunes or their Dartv. 1尹口VJ.曰产 They need be no longer surprised that no one interested himself" y ' y y . y y 'r '" '. in the welfare of the plebs. Toil anct clanger were incurred for those objects from. which profit and honour might be expected. There was nothing州ch men. would not attemp} .y t if rewards were held out proportionate to the ,greatness of the effort. But that any tribune of the plebs should rush blindly into contests which involved enormous risks and brought no advantarze, 以、.，J which he might be certain would make the patricians whom he opposed persecute him with relentless fury, whilst amongst the plebeians on whose behalf he fought he would not be in the slightest degree more honoured, was a thing neither to be expected nor demanded. Great honours made great 刀Ien。 when the plebeians began to be respected, every plebeian would respect himself. Surely they might now try the experiment in one， or two， cases, to prove7 7 ' - rr ti吵ether any plebeian， is capable of11 12 11 '1.. ., a r nolaing nigh office, or whether it would be little snort oz a miracle for any one sprung from the plebs to be at the same time a strong and en ergetic man, .After a desperate fight, they had secured the election of military tribunes with consular powers,印r which plebeians were eligible. Men of tried abilltv. 1， both at home and in the held, became candidates. For the cked about, rejected, treated with first few years they were knoderision by the patricians;themselves to' these affronts.should not be repealed which at last they declined to exposeThey saw no reason why a lawsimply legalised what would never happen. They would have less to be ashamed of in the injusticeof the law than in being passed over in the elections as thoughunworthy to hold office.