at, who challenged any
of the Roman soldiers, takes from him a golden chain, and hence
gets the name of Torquatus. Two new tribes are added, called the
Pomptine and Publilian. Licinius Stolo is condemned on a law which
he himself had carried, for possessing more than five hundred acres
of land. Marcus Valerius, surnamed Corvinus, from having with the
aid of a crow killed a Gaul, who challenged him, is on the
following year elected consul, though but twenty-three years old. A
treaty of friendship made with the Carthaginians. The Campanians,
overpowered by the Samnites, surrender themselves to the Roman
people, who declare war against the Samnites. P. Decius Mus saves
the Roman army, when brought into very great danger by the consul
A. Cornelius. Conspiracy and revolt of the Roman soldiers in the
garrison of Capua. They are brought to a sense of duty, and
restored to their country, by Marcus Valerius Corvus, dictator.
Successful operations against the Hernicians, Gauls, Tiburtians,
Privernians, Tarquinians, Samnites, and Volscians._

1. This year will be remarkable for the consulship of a man of mean
birth, remarkable for two new magistracies, the praetorship and curule
aedileship. These honours the patricians claimed to themselves, in
consideration of one consulship having been conceded to the plebeians.
The commons gave the consulship to Lucius Sextius, by whose law it had
been obtained. The patricians by their popular influence obtained the
praetorship for Spurius Furius Camillus, the son of Marcus, the aedileship
for Cneius Quinctius Capitolinus and Publius Cornelius Scipio, men of
their own rank. To Lucius Sextius, the patrician colleague assigned was
Lucius AEmilius Mamercinus. In the beginning of the year mention was made
both of the Gauls, who, after having strayed about through Apulia, it
was now rumoured were forming into a body; and also concerning a revolt
of the Hernicians. When all business was purposely deferred, so that
nothing should be transacted through means of the plebeian consul,
silence was observed on all matters, and a state of inaction like to a
justitium; except that, the tribunes not suffering it to pass unnoticed
that the nobility had arrogated to themselves three patrician
magistracies as a compensation for one plebeian consul, sitting in
curule chairs, clad in the praetexta like consuls; the praetor, too,
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