in the war will conduct it in a more considerate and amicable spirit than they have shown in their eagerness to obtain it.tic r hr^ r r'1r' Y . , " , , . , w’一 2iL V 1.it was aeciaea that the levy should not be raised from the whole population indiscriminately; ten tribes were drawn by lot;froze these the two tri1 范the men of而litary age and led them to the war. The refs which had begun in the City became much more heate the camia throu蜘the same eagern command. Thev agreed on n+c single point, they fought for their own opinions, each wanted his own plans and，orders. carried out exclusively, they felt mutual contemp气for each other. At length, through the remonstrances and reproofs of the lieutenants-general, matters were so far arranged that they agreed to hold the command in chief on alternate day=s. When this state of thinLys was reported at Kome it is saga rnar y. z}erviixus, tau幼t oy years and experience, offered up a solemn prayer that the disagreement of the tribunes might not prove more hurtful to the State than it had been at veli;then, as though disaster were undoubtedly impending, he urged his son to enrol troops and prepare arms. He was not a false prophet. D cfcat of the Romans.-I t happened to be the turn of L. Se替us to hold command, and the enemy by a pretended flight had rable ground close to their camp, drawn his troops on to unfavouin the vain hope of storming it.charge and drove them down aovertaken and killed in what Then the lEqui made a sudden steep valley where numbers were was not so much a伍ght as a tumbling over each other. It was with difficulty that they held their camp that day; the nextday, after the enemyha surrounded a considerable part of it, they evacuated it in a disgraceful flight through the rear gate. The commanders and lieutenants-general and as much of the army as remained with the standards made for Tusculum, the others, straggling in all directions through the fields, hurried on to Rome and spread the news of a more serious defeat than had been actually incurred. the consular tribune. By his orders,1 7Y 7 7。after the. excitement had been allayed by the interior magistrates, scouting parties wererie interior magistrates, scouting parties were promptly sent out to reconnoitre, and they reported that the generals and the‘ array were_ at Tusculum, and that the enemy had not shine乒his camp. What di咚乎呼t to rest夕r兰c呼饭dence was the nomination,卫y a。 senat只rX斗，decree, of yy w +·bervxllus Erxscus as Dictator. The citizens naa hart previous experience of his political foresight in many stormy crises, and the issue of this war afforded a fresh proof, for he alone suspected danger from the differences of the tribunes before the disaster occurred。 He appointed as his Master of the Horse the tribune by whom he had. been nominated Dictator, namely, his own. son. This at least is the statement of some authorities, others say that Ahala Servilius was Master of the Horse that year. With his fresh army he proceededt。to the seat of war, and after recallrn t t , "r咋如 troops. who were。竿l‘ usculum, he selected a position for msr .t