The gods never lay hands themselves on the guilty;it enough when the arm the in ` is enoug}} y lured with the opportunityfox vengeance.x;11. The passions of the plebs were roused by these speeches,and they sentenced the accused to a fine of xo,ooo " ases " each,in spite of Sergius' attempt to throw the blame, on Fortune and the c lances of war, and Verginius' appeal that he might not be more unfortunate at home than he had been in the field. Trebonian Law. As，reward to the禅ebeians for the sentence they had passed, the victorious tribunes at once gave notice of an agrarian measure. Th 众cy also prevented contributions being P aI. d in, for the war-tax tho pay was required for all those armxeS and such successes had been gained only served to prevent any可 the wars from being brought to a close. The camp at veil whi ,hhadbeenloo t,was recaptured and strengthened with ;forts and men to hold them. The consular tribunes,Manius ,r mill-us andK aeso Fabius, were in command. M. Fu us in the "aliscan territory州cnaeus Cornelius in that 。毛‘Capenae iou叫钟enemy outside， hisft .V咧1s, booty was carried1 oft and瞥territories were ravag叫，.the farms and crops bungV burnt, }Khe towns were attacked, but not invested;Anxur, however, in the Vol sel'an territorv, and situated on hizb ground, aenea au assaults, ana after circa attacK naa provea rruztiess, a rezakar investment by rampart and Posse was commenced. The conduct of the V oIscian campaign had fallen to v alenus Potitlas. Whilst military affairs were in. this position, internal troubles were moredi伍c滋t to man铭。 than the foreign wars. Owing to the tribunes, the war-tai: could not be collected, nor the necessary funds remitted to the commanders;the soldiers clamoured for their pay, and it seemed as though, 、:L11G camP &l.- ,. would be polluted by the contagion of the seditious .nirit which prevailed in the City. Taking advantage of the. exasperation senate, the tribunes told them that the come for securing their liberties and transferring the highest office in the State from. people like,.. . I "1 "1 '1 . rrfw bergius and v erginius一strong and energetic pieoexans.’土，hey did not, however, get further in the exercise of their rights than to secure the election opt one memoer of the pieos as consu?.ar tribune, vii., P. Licinius Calvus-the rest were patricians, P.Manlius, L. Titinus, P. Maelius, L. FuriusMedullinus, and L. Popilius Volscus.The plebeians were no less surprised at such a success than the tribune-elect himself: he had not previously filled any face of State, and was only a senator of long standing, and now advanced in years.our authorities are not agreed as to the reason why he was selected first and foremost to taste the sweets of this new d七ni.ty. Some believe that he was thrust forward to so high a position through the popularity of his brother, Cnaeus Cornet who, had been consular tribune the previous near, and ha( le pay to the“knights.”“Others attribute it to; he，delivered on1111 w‘the agreement of， the. two orders, which wasw ,1 , "1 . weicomea ay aotn patricians. ana plebeians.w . . -1 w . In their exultation over dais electoral victory, file tribunes of the plebs nave wav over the war-tax, and so removed the greatest political difficulty. It was paid in without a murmur and remitted to the army.