he course adopted by our ancestors, in the case of
the Satricani when they had revolted, was, that Marcus Antistius, the
plebeian tribune, should first propose and the commons make an order,
that the senate should have the power of pronouncing judgment upon the
Satricani. I therefore give it as my opinion, that application should
be made to the plebeian tribunes, that one or more of them should
propose to the people a bill, by which we may be empowered to
determine in the case of the Campanians." Lucius Atilius, plebeian
tribune, proposed to the people, on the recommendation of the senate,
a bill to the following effect: "Concerning all the Campanians,
Atellanians, Calatinians, and Sabatinians, who have surrendered
themselves to the proconsul Fulvius, and have placed themselves under
the authority and dominion of the Roman people; also concerning what
things they have surrendered, together with their persons, both lands
and city, divine or human, together with their utensils and whatsoever
else they have surrendered; concerning these things, Roman citizens, I
ask you what it is your pleasure should be done." The commons thus
ordered: "Whatsoever the senate on oath, or the majority of those
present, may determine, that we will and order."

34. The senate having taken the matter into their consideration in
conformity with this order of the people, first restored to Oppia and
Cluvia their goods and liberty; directing, that if they wished to
solicit any other rewards from the senate, they should come to Rome.
Separate decrees were passed respecting each of the Campanian
families, all of which it is not worth while to enumerate. The goods
of some were to be confiscated; themselves, their children, and their
wives were to be sold, excepting such of their daughters as had
married before they came into the power of the Roman people. Others
were ordered to be thrown into chains, and their cases to be
considered at a future time. They made the amount of income the ground
on which they decided, whether the goods of the rest of the Campanians
should be confiscated or not. They voted, that all the cattle taken
except the horses, all the slaves except adult males, and every thing
which did not belong to the soil, should be restored to the owners.
They ordered that all the Campanians, Atellanians, Calatinians, and
Sabatinians, except such as were themselves, or whose parents were,
among the enemy, should be free, with a proviso, that