The re ort spread in Rome that a larg e number brad reached in the general al the internal dissensions，as usual. calm down. ative centuries elected T'. Licinius Calvus consular t .ribun已，though he was not a candidate. His appoint- ，，，州.。，二、。f'，。“， men七was not at all aistastetui to the senate, forwmen in o.txce before he had shown himself a man. of moderate views. Ire was, however, advanced in. years·，As the voting proceeded it became clear that all who had been tormerly bis colleagues in office were being reappointed one after another. They were L. Titinxus, P。Maenius, Q.Manlius, Cnaeus }Genucius, and L.A tilius，After the tribes had been duly summoned to hear the declaration of the poll, but before it was actually published, P. LiciniusC alvus, by permission of the interrex, spore as follows:“I see, Quirites, that from what you remember of our former tenure of office, you are seekin.a in these elections- an omen of concord for the corning year, a thing most of all noptut in the present state of affairs. But. whilst you are re-electinz xnv old comrades, who nave become wiser an cl stronger gay experience, you see in me not the man T was, taut only a mere shadow and name of P. Licinius. My bodily powers are worn out, my sight and hearing are impaired, my memory is failing, my mental vigour is dulled. Here、，’he said, holding his son by the hand， “is a young man, 侧‘w.，V.o..r the image and counterpart of him whom in clays gone by you elected as the first consular tribune taken from the ranks of the plebs. This young man whom I lave trained and moulded I now hand over axed dedicate to the republic to take :my place, and I beg you, Quirites, to confer this Honour which you have bestowed unsought on me, on him wbo is seeking it, and whose candidature I would Pain sunnort and further by my rnavers.'’ .riis request was arantea、ana nis sonr。j.jxcinius was xormauv announcea as consular trztaune with, tn,ose auove mentionea. Titinius and Genucxus marche性against tb“I"呼iscans and C ，ap enates, but they proceeded with more courage than. caution nd fell into an ambuscade. Genucius atoned for his rashness 纱an honourable death, and fell fighting amongst如foremostr Titinius rallied his mien from the disorder into which they had fallen and-gained some rising ground where lie reformed his line, but would not come down to continue the fight on level terms. More disgrace was incurred than‘loss,' btit it almost resulted in a terrible disaster, so great was the alarm it created :not only in Rome, where very exaggerated accounts were received, but also in the camp before Veii. Here a rumour had gained ground struction of the generals and their ates and raliscans and the vuhol is had proceeded to Veil and were at no great in consequence of this the soldiers were with difficulty ained from taking to flight. Still more disquieting rumours current in Rome;at one moment they imagined that the camp before Veii had been stormed, at another that a part of the enemies' forces was in full march to the Citv. They hurried to the walls:the matrons, whom the zeneral，alarm had drawn from their homes，made Dravers and SUDolxcations in the temples: solemn T)etztions were offered uD to the nods that then would ward off destruction xrom the houses and temples of the Uty and from the walls of Rome, and divert the fears and alarms to