These were the occurrences of the year. And now the time for the election of consular tribunes was approaching. The senate were almost more anxious about this than about the war, for they recognised that they were not simply sharing the ，but had almost completely lost it. that for very shame they would not be passed over. Besides this，they resorted to every expedient, just as if they were every one of them canaraates, ana cauea to their axa not amen alone, but even the gods.They made a religious question of the last two elections.In the former ,rear, they said, an intolerably severe winter had occurred which seemed to be a divine warning;in the last1 yearthemselves.糯裂not wathence瓢onlyhad but the judgments visited the country districts and the City was undoubtedly adispleasure, for it had been found in the mark of the divine Books of Fate that to avert that scourge the gods must be appe ased. The auspices were taken before an election ，and the gods deemed it an insult that the highest offices should be made common and the distinction of classes thrown into confusion. Men were awestruck not only by the dignity and rank of the candidates, but by the religious aspect of the question, and they elected all the consular tribunes,from the T)atricians，the great maiority being an men or nim alstinctxon. "i’ nose eiectecl were 儿。v aierxus Xotitus-ior the nitre tune--m. v aierxus maximus。 M. Furius Camillus-for the second tine-L. FuriusM edullinus -"--for the third time-Q. Servilius Fidenates-for the second time--and Q. Sulpicius Camerinus-for the second time. 、During， their，year of， office. nothing of anyw ti . . r . ...加portance was0 . -done at V ell;their waoie activity was contned to raids. 'rwa of the commanders-in-chief carried off an enormous quantity of plunder----Potitus from F'alerii and Camil钾”幸one Capenae.