Recovery of Anxur-Pestilence in R。二。一.刀attle before Veii.--The Volscian Anxur was recaptured owing, to the laxity of the guard during a festival. The year was remarkable ,for such a cold and snowy winter that the roads were blocked and。 thew .w手ber rendered. unnavigable. There was x1 .o cnange ii the price of corn, owing to a previous accumulation of supplies.w , w。 PK Licinius had won his position witnout exciting any ais- of the ueoule than to the annovance turbance, more to the delightof the senate, and he dischargwas a general desire to choo ed ;his office -n such a way that there se the consular tribunes out of the plebeians at the next election. The only patrician candidate who secured a place wasM，Veturius* The; rest, who were plebeians, received the support of nearly all the centuries. Their names wereM.Pomponius, Cnaeus Duilius, Volero Publilius, and Cnaeus C-enucius. In consequence either of the unhealthy weather occasioned by the sudden change from. cold to heat or from some other cause, the severe winter was followed by a pestilential summer, CaUSe， which proved fatal to man and beast. As neither a cause nor a cure could be found for its fatal ravages, the senate ordered the Sibylline Books to be consulted The priests who had charge of them appointed for the first time in Rome a lectisternium. Apollo and Latona, Diana and Hercules, Afercury and Neptune, were for eight days propitiated on three couches decked with the most magnificent coverlets that could be obtained. Solemnities were conducted also in e houses. It is stated that throughout the City the front gates of the houses were thrown open and all sorts of things placed for general use 1n e open courts, all comers, whether acquaintances or strangers, being brought in to share the hospitality. Men who had been enemies held friendly and sociable conversations with each other and abstained from all. litig ation, the manacles even were removed from prisoners du ing this period, and afterwards itz seemed an act of impiety that men to whom the gods had brought such reli of should be put in chains again. In the meanwhile, at Veii there was increased alarm, created by the three wars being combined in one. For the men of Capenae and Faleru had suddenly arrived to relieve the city, and as on the former occasion, the Romans had to fight a back to back battle round the entrenchmen s against three armies. what helped them most of all NVas the recollection of the condemnation. of S s and Vergmiu s. From the main camp, where on the former occasion there had been inaction, forces Werer apidly brought round and attacked the Capenates in the rearw hzle their attention was concentrated on the Roman lines. The fighting which ensued created panic in the Faliscan ranks also, and whilst they were wavering, a well-timed charge from the camx) routed them, and the victors, followinz them up, caused immense .tosses amongst tnem. iv of long axterwaras the troops who were devastating the territory of Capenae carne upon them whilst straggling, in disorder as though safe from attack, anal those whom, the battle had s户ared were annihilated. Of the VeJentines also,, many who were fleeing to the city were killed in front of the gates, which were closed to prevent the I sos Romans from breaking in, and so the hindmost of the fugitives were shut out.