they were of. -1资ny。r毕pest于or，砰agistrates or laws, might deal with the consular tnounes oy themselves. WII. This，controversy. preoccupie乎men's thoughts at a most inopportune moment, when such a serious war was on their hands.At last, after Julius and Cornelius had, one after the other, argued， at great length that as they were quite comraetent to conduct that war, it was uniust to deprive them of the honour winch the people had conferred upon them, Ahala Servilius, the other consular tribune, intervened in the dispute. He had, he said, kept silent so long, not because he had any doubt in his own mind,-for what true patriot could separate his own interest from. that of the State'--but because he would rather have had his colleagues外eld voluntarily to the authority of the senate than allow the power of the plebeian tribunes to be invoked against them. Even now he would have妙adly Lriven them time to abandon their unvieldina attitude ii: circumstances allowed. But the necessities of war do not wait on the counsels of xnen, and the commonwealth was more to him than the goodwill ofadhered to its decisicnight, and if any onhe should be contentBy taking this cosympathy of all, andhe was himself appsan example to his col熟therefore, the senatee a Dictator the nextof a senatorial decreeresolution.[-deserved praise andComelius as Dictator,Morse. He furnishedpared his position with their own, of the way in which high office and popularity corne sometimes most readily to those who do not covet them. The war was far from being a memoraler The enemy were defeated with great slaughter at Annum 1na single easilywon battle. The victorious army devastated the Volscian territory. The fort at Lake Fucinus was stormed, and the garrison of 3ooo men taken prisoners, whilst the rest of the Volscians were driven into their walled towns leaving their fields at the mercy of the enemy. After making what use he could of Fortune's favours in the conduct of the war,33 the Dictator returned home with more success than glory anal laid down his office. The consular tribunes waived all proposals for the election of consuls---owing, I believe, to their resentment at the appointment of a Dictator-and issued orders for the election of consular tribunes. This increased the anxiety of the senators, for they saw that their cause was being betrayed by men of their own party. Accordingly, as in the previous year they had excited disgust against all plebeian candidates, however worthy, by means of those who were perfectly worthless, so now the leaders of the senate appeared as candidates, surrounded by every. r,,大ping that could lend distinction or strengthen personal innuence.: They secured all the places and prevented the entrance of any plebeian. Four were elected, all of whom had previously held 0伍ce, viz., L. Furius Medullinus, C. Valerius I'otitus, N. Fabiusoffice Vibulanus, and C. Servilius Ahala. The latter owed his contxnuance in office to the popularity he had won by his singular moderation as much as to his other merits.