This discussion was attended by disgraceful quarrels, for the senate had drawn over a section of the tribunes of the plebs to their view, and the only thing that restrained the plebeians f rom offering. personal7 r "1.沙1ncefe/Y” was the use which the patricians made of txlezr personal znnuence whenever shouts
raised to get up a brawl, the leaders of the senate Nvere the
to go into the crowd and tell there. to vent their them, to beat and kill them. The mob shrank from violence to men of their age and rank and distinction, feeling prevented there, from,-. w w wl w w.attacking the other patricians.Y Y ilamrllus went aoout aelrverrng harangues everywhere, and saying that it was no wonder that the citizens had gone read, for though bound by a vow, they showed more anxiety about everything than about discharging their religious obligations. He would say nothing about the contribution, which was really a sacred offering rather than a tithe, and since each individual bound himself to a tenth, the State, as such, was free froth the obligation. But his conscience would not allow him to keep silence about the assertion that the tenth only app lied to movables, and that no mention was made of the c ity and its territory, which were also really included in the vow, As the senate considered the question a difficult one to decide, they referred it to the pontiffs, and Camillus was invited to discuss it 呼th them.w } r,They: decided.ti七hat of ail tha七hw吟belonged to协“ v ,elentines oeiore me vow was uttered and nao, su bsequentiy passed into the7 Y Iwd41.power ofr和me,‘tenth part was ,sacred to1 r Apoi1,o·Thus the city and territory came into the estamatew The money was drawn from. the treasurvw and the consular
以 w tribunes were commissioned to purchase gold with it. As there was not a sufficient SUDDIV, the matrons, after meeting to talk
占山时I the matter over, made themselves by common consent responsible to the tribunes for the ,gold,. and sent all their trinkets to theti treasury:一the senate were in the highest, degree grate乎1 for this. anal the tradition ,goes that in return for this munihcence the matrons had conferred sacred festivals and games in a carriage, and on holy days andwork days in a two-wheeled car. The gold received from each 拱r that the proper amount of money mightbe paid for it, and it was decided that a golden bowl should bemade and carried to Delphi as a gift to Apollo.When the religious question no longer claimed their attention,the tribunes of the plebs renewed' their agitation; the passionsof the populace were aroused against all the leading men, mostof all against Camillus. They said that by devoting the spoilsof Veii to the State anal to the gods he had reduced them tonothing. Then attacked the senators furiously in their absence; when, they were present and confronted their rage, shame kept them silent.
As soon as the plebeians saw that the matter would be carried 0Ver into the following year, they reappointed the supporters of the proposal as their tribunes ;the patricians devoted them selves to securing the same support for those who had vetoed the proposal. Consequently, nearly all the same tribunes of the plebs were re-elected.
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The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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