Domestic Politics.; As the agitation of the tribunes of the plebs had so far been without result, the plebeians exerted themselves to secure the continuance in office of the proposers of the land measure, whilst the patricians strove for the re-election of those who bad vetoed it. The plebeians, however, carried the election, and the senate in revenge for this mortification passed a resolution for the appointment of consuls, the magistracy which the plebs detested. After fifteen years, consuls were, once more elected in the persons of X二Lucretius Flavus and _.At the beginning of.the year, as。 none of their college wasry r dxspos叫to interpose his veto,. the tribunes were combined in.1 O 'V . 'I w“ 只etermined effort勿carry their m0 -1弓asure, while下he consuls, fox the same reason, offered a no less strenuous resistance. Whilst all the citizens were preoccupied with this stru the Equl successfully attacked the Roman colony at Vit 0七e ea which was s ituated inI their territory.Most of the colonists were uninjured, for the fact of its treacherou place in the night gave them the chance of opposite direction from. the enemy and reachi held of oneratlons fell. to JL. JLucretius. He advanced against the enemy and defeated then, in a regular engagement, and then came back victorious to Rome, where a still amore serious contest awaited him. A day had been fixed for the prosecution of。ve娜nius and 0。PomDonius。who load been tribunes of the plebs two years 、。}.，尸甘 r7 rirv}.，，、，，橄‘，，。，甘 previously. The senate unanimously agreed rnat rnexr nonour was concerned in defending them, for no one诊ought any cbarge. ., r azainst them. touchanz their rrrivate life or tneir public action: 、砂 w占门d几M the only ground of indictment was that it was to please the senate that they had exercised their veto. The influence of the senate, however, was overborne lay the angry temper of the plebeians, and a most vicious precedent was set by the condemnation of those innocent men to a fine of xo,ooo“ases”each. The senate were extremely distressed.C amillus openly accused the plebeians of treason ix turning against their.own magistrates because they did. not see that through this iniquitous ,judgment they had taken froze their tribunes the power of veto, and in depriving there. of that had overthrown their pOWer. They were deceived if they expected the senate to put up with the absence of any restrain t upon the licence of that magistracy. If the violence of tribunes could not be，met veto of byon. the价 tribunes, the senate would find another weap pcured blame on the consuls also for having silently allowed the honour of the Mate to be comproM呵sed in the case of tribunes who孙ad