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Quinctius from the seniors, and those excused from service on grounds of health, to garrison the defences of the City. There were two parties in the senate: the leaders of the one were the authors of the revolt from Rome, the other consisted of loyal citizens. He ordered a strict inquiry to be made as to who were responsible for the revolt, and those who were found to be guilty were scourged and beheaded. After the plebs had obtained this relief there was no longer any delay in the enrolment. I trust that I shall not give offence when I say that, leaving out of sight the civil wars, we have never found an enemy's cavalry or infantry too much for us, when we have fought in the open field, on ground equally favourable for both sides, still less when the ground has given us an advantage. I certainly shall not fail you, see to it that Fortune does not fail me. The most illustrious victim was M. But in the narrow space - for the breach in the wall was by no means a wide one - the kind of weapon he used and his style of fighting gave the enemy an advantage. Still further alarm was created by the defection of the Latins and Hernicans. When matters had gone thus far, the nobility - not only those against whom information was being laid, but the order as a whole - protested that the charge did not lie on the patricians, to whom the path to honours always lay open, unless it was obstructed by intrigue, but on the novi homines. No sooner had they arrived before the place than the reconnoitring parties who had been watching the different routes brought in reports one after another that the Samnites were following and were now at no great distance. When they suddenly caught sight of the Romans drawn up for battle, they shouted that they should act according to the instructions of the Tarentines; they would neither go down into the field nor carry their arms outside their rampart, they would rather let advantage be taken of them and bear whatever chance might bring them than be thought to have flouted the peaceful advice of Tarentum. One day's experience had taught him not to prefer his own counsels to wiser ones, but even so, neither he nor any one in the army supposed that Camillus would calmly pass over that blunder of his by which the republic had been exposed to headlong disaster. He was, however, hotly interrupted at the outset by Phaeneas, who exclaimed: "Matters are not to be settled by words. He began by inviting the leading citizens to a conference and tried to induce them to surrender, but they told him that matters were not in their hands, the king's troops were stronger and more numerous than the townsmen. All Search Options [ view abbreviations ]. They entered upon the active duties of their office on the very day of their election, for so had the senate decreed, and after disposing of the business connected with their accession to office, they proceeded at once to introduce the subject of the capitulation of Caudium. Here he sent back Lucius Apustius, whom he had succeeded, and went on to Malea. In a frenzy of grief and rage he dragged the Master of the Horse out of his saddle and slew him. Fears were entertained by the citizens lest the Carthaginian hostages and prisoners of war should have been prime movers in the affair. The Romans, however, after spoiling the camp at the Alia, came up; this position, therefore, was also abandoned. In neither direction did the enemy meet them. In addition to the Volscians, who seemed destined by some fate to keep the Roman soldiery in perpetual training; in addition to the colonies of Circeii and Velitrae, who had long been meditating revolt; in addition to Latium, which was an object of suspicion, a new enemy suddenly appeared at Lanuvium, which had hitherto been a most loyal city. Weissenborn, books , textual notes , Decius, was detained in Rome by serious illness, and on instructions from the senate, nominated C. This was the chief city of the Pentrian Samnites, and by far the wealthiest and best supplied with arms. Claudius Marcellus, M. This was the fourth year since war had been declared against Macedonia. At Pherae the gates were closed against him, and as a siege would have caused considerable delay and he had no time to lose, he gave up the attempt and marched into Macedonia. Marcellus was administering Sicily; M. Camillus bade the Sutrines spare their laments, it was to the Etruscans that he was bringing grief and tears. The winter had already begun when he withdrew from the place and returned to his winter quarters. His claim to distinction with posterity rests mainly upon his public works, the road and the aqueduct which bear his name. So the proceedings were adjourned to another day, and the people were summoned to an Assembly in the Peteline Grove outside the Flumentan Gate, from which the Capitol was not visible. They shut themselves in Praeneste, feeling hardly safe even behind its walls. The presence of the consul produced a sudden and complete change, the courage of the men revived at the sight of their general, and the cavalry whom he had brought up rendered an assistance out of all proportion to their numbers, whilst the sound, followed soon by the sight of the success on the other wing, re-animated the combatants to redouble their exertions. Livy : Books 5, 6, And 7 (1881) Writer

Mutual fear kept both the Samnites and the Fregellans quiet till daylight, with the return of light the battle began. Helvius, M. I am willing to accept any, whether it be a nation or a private individual. All the tribes on this side the Po were now reduced except the Boii in Gaul and the Ilvates in Liguria. It is a three days' journey for lightly-equipped horsemen, and in the meantime there would have been an armistice until the envoys returned bringing either peace or the certainty of their victory. The consul was intensely mortified, for he looked upon this humiliating repulse as not only helping to prolong the siege of one solitary city, but also as likely to influence the future course of the war which, in his opinion, depended to a great extent upon unimportant incidents. But I do say that without the express order of the people nothing can be ratified which can bind the people. That the houses of the nobility should be filled with prisoners, and wherever a patrician lives there should be a private dungeon? Armed and unarmed, brave and cowardly we are all alike trapped and conquered. Emboldened and embittered by these considerations, he roused the passions of the plebs, who were already incensed enough, to a higher pitch by his harangues. The other advanced into the district of Tarquinii. The vessels in the three fleets carried all kinds of siege engines and artillery, and the country around afforded an abundant supply of timber for the construction of fresh works. This place had revolted to the Samnites after putting the Roman colonists to death. The Dictator of Tusculum was the spokesman. Quinctius, in raising troops, took care to choose mainly those who had done good service in Spain or in Africa and who were men of tried courage. According to Valerius Antias, Villius, finding a frontal attack impossible as every approach was blocked by the king's troops, entered the ravine and marched along the river. The plebs fattened up their own defenders for slaughter. No agreement that he might have made with the king would be valid without the ratification of the senate, and whilst the winter necessarily put a stop to military operations, it would be possible to find what conditions of peace the senate would sanction. He told them to seek counsel from those through whose advice they had admitted the garrison in the first instance. Manlius, too, was inviting the plebeians to his house and discussing night and day revolutionary plans with their leaders in a much more aggressive and resentful spirit than formerly. Just at this time his brother Lucius happened to bring up ten triremes from his winter quarters at Corcyra, and with these Quinctius sailed from Anticyra to Sicyon. In their panic they were carried past their camp, and did not stop their headlong flight until they were within sight of Praeneste. Quinctius Cincinnatus as Dictator. With this hope held out to them they thought it a most shameful proceeding that whilst the gold got together to ransom the City from the Gauls had been raised by general taxation, this very gold when recovered from the enemy had become the plunder of a few. He said that he had been in the habit of pasturing his flock in the defile which was then occupied by the king's camp, and knew every track and turn on the mountains. Livy : Books 5, 6, And 7 (1881) Reviews

The arrival of the Romans produced a change in the temper of both sides; it turned the gloomy forebodings of the Tusculans into the utmost cheerfulness, whilst the confidence which the Latins had felt in a speedy capture of the citadel, as they were already in possession of the town, sank into a faint and feeble hope of even their own safety. This suggestion met with no acceptance whatever, they said that his only object was to gain time to collect his forces. Nabis replied that he had been invited by the Argives to go to their defence. That laugh, however, left its sting in the mind of a woman easily excited by trifles. From his conquest of the Volscians he marched across to the Aequi who were also preparing for war, surprised their army at Bolae, and in the first assault captured not only their camp but their city. After silence was obtained, the Dictator said: "I wish the senate and myself could come to an understanding with the plebs on all other matters as easily as, I am convinced, we shall about you and the subject on which I am about to examine you. Fabius Ambustus. Several places had been struck by lightning - the high road at Veii, the forum and the temple of Jupiter at Lanuvium, the temple of Hercules at Ardea, and at Capua walls and towers and the temple called Alba. Cornelius Merula, M. If he had brought over in addition Persians and Indians and other Orientals, he would have found them a hindrance rather than a help. The Romans, on the other hand, knew perfectly well that wherever he was, the Latin enemy was the same as the one who had been conquered at Lake Regillus and kept in peaceable subjection for a hundred years. Thereupon the consul, having formed his army into three divisions, advanced up the bottom of the ravine with his main strength and sent his right and left wings against the camp. Camillus, the most justly earned triumph that any down to that day had enjoyed, or whether the glory of that distinction should be attributed to the consuls and especially to Papirius. It is we who are answerable, pledged as debtors and quite able to discharge the debt in respect of what is our own, which we are prepared to pay, that is, our own persons and lives. Thus it very frequently happens that opposing armies have contingents drawn from Aetolia on both sides. Livy ,. When the Romans have made use of the resources of others they have always left liberty of action to others. Furius Camillus, having been cited for trial by Lucius Apuleius, a tribune of the plebs, went into exile. Not a single living thing would have survived had not the consuls given the signal to retire, and by stern commands and threats driven the soldiers who were thirsting for blood out of the enemy's camp. Minucius bent his course to the left side of Italy towards the Adriatic, and marching his army to Genua began operations in the direction of Liguria. This made their antagonist change his plans, for as there was no longer any hope of forcing decision in a single action he resumed the plundering of their fields, and burnt their villages and farms. From the wonderful view which it affords comes its name of Thaumaci. We know nothing about his parents. Who is the man, who is the god that you can throw the blame upon? Such were the operations of the naval and military forces of Rome, during this summer, in Greece. As the men were highly incensed at this interruption to a vengeance which was so delightful, it was necessary to explain to them on the spot why they were prevented from carrying it further. Foster Translator 3. When however he saw Philip's troops strongly posted in front of all the gates and realised that it would be difficult to withstand their attacks in case they made sorties, he fell in with Attalus' view. Manlius Acidinus, who left Spain about this time, was prevented by P. Baebius, Ariminum; L. I find in some authorities that this battle was unfavourable to the Romans, and that Q. The Romans pressed hard upon them, and as long as the enemy defended themselves whilst retreating, it was the infantry to whom the task of pursuit fell. The patricians were: P.

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Livy Creator. That Livy was born in Patavium modern Padua is clear from his own work. The old man's plans had lost all fire and life. The tribunes of the plebs were now objects of contempt since their power was shattering itself by their own veto. The threat proved effectual and the next day Memnon joined those who were in favour of the resolution. On one occasion the cavalry ventured to ask him to excuse them some of their fatigue duty in consideration of their having fought a successful action. When he was about ten years old, civil war broke out between Caesar and Pompey the Great. Here the captors of the colony awaited him, their decided superiority of numbers inspiring them with complete confidence. Furius' men accounted for many inside the walls, whilst Valerius' troops were more lightly equipped for pursuit, and they did not put an end to the carnage till nightfall prevented their seeing any longer. When they heard of the battle which had taken place near the Aous, the Aetolians ravaged the country nearest to them round Sperchiae, and Macra Come, as it is called, and then crossing the frontiers of Thessaly they gained possession of Cymene and Angea at the first assault. Here he promptly seized the ringleaders, and this led to a general flight of slaves from the town. However, the proposal to despatch colonists was adopted; were sent. View text chunked by: book : chapter. But I have no doubt that it was anything but slight, for the hesitation shown by the people in finding him guilty was not due to the merits of the case, but to the locality where the trial took place. Apustius for the protection of Athens. Furius as Dictator and regard himself as his Master of the Horse, and the estimation in which they held their sole commander should be the measure of the hopes they entertained as to the issue of the war. We did not exercise sufficient caution in our various movements, they in their folly threw away a victory when they had won through our folly. Sulpicius Camerinus, and L. It was not till the Dictator laid down his office after his triumph and so removed the terror which he inspired that the tongues and spirits of men were once more free. No sooner did they hear of this - so great was the terror which a Dictatorship inspired - than the enemy retired from the walls, and the men liable for active service assembled without any hesitation at the Dictator's orders. The garrisons of Argenta, Pherinium, Timarum, Ligynae, Stimo and Lampsus surrendered in rapid succession together with other unimportant fortified posts in the neighbourhood. https://files8.webydo.com/9584353/UploadedFiles/212BF7D6-461D-E34E-C9D8-549AEB8C4705.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9582983/UploadedFiles/ABAAF713-A3A8-A905-7CD3-1D93950BB8A1.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9582911/UploadedFiles/64B60CB4-043A-5EBD-CCF7-82E4B435ADD4.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9582837/UploadedFiles/25F63B59-D43C-4E28-D9BB-157018FD33D8.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9582837/UploadedFiles/1CDF7133-FC11-EEEE-63CA-5CC9CF538D7C.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9584348/UploadedFiles/36FF3EE6-0102-D52E-88C6-702237A55BF9.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9584460/UploadedFiles/92DA7951-7BAC-C6E2-F73B-A8770D6303FE.pdf