the fire
from the temple of Mother Matuta. The entire plunder was given up to the
soldiers. The four thousand who had surrendered were considered
exclusive of the spoil; these the consul when triumphing drove before
his chariot in chains; afterwards by selling them he brought a great sum
of money into the treasury. There are some who state that this body of
captives consisted of slaves; and this is more probable than that
persons who had surrendered were exposed to sale.

28. Marcus Fabius Dorso and Servius Sulpicius Camerinus succeeded these
consuls. After this the Auruncan war commenced in consequence of a
sudden attempt at depredation: and through fear lest this act of one
state might be the concerted scheme of the whole Latin nation, Lucius
Furius being created dictator, as if against all Latium already in
arms, nominated Cneius Manlius Capitolinus his master of the horse. And
when, a suspension of public business being proclaimed, (a measure
usually adopted during great alarms,) the levy was held without
exemptions, the legions were led against the Auruncans with all possible
expedition. The spirit of freebooters rather than of enemies was found
there. They were vanquished therefore in the first encounter. However
the dictator, both because they had commenced hostilities without
provocation, and presented themselves to the contest without reluctance,
considering that the aid of the gods should also be engaged, vowed a
temple to Juno Moneta in the heat of the battle, and when he returned
victorious to Rome, obliged by his vow, he resigned his dictatorship.
The senate ordered duumvirs to be appointed to have the temple built
suitably to the grandeur of the Roman people; the site destined for it
was in the citadel, where the ground was on which the house of Marcus
Manlius Capitolinus had stood. The consuls, having employed the
dictator's army for the Volscian war, took Sora from the enemy, having
attacked them by surprise. The temple of Moneta is dedicated the year
after it had been vowed, Caius Marcius Rutilus being consul for the
third time, and Titus Manlius Torquatus for the second time. A prodigy
immediately followed the dedication, similar to the ancient one of the
Alban mount. For it both rained stones, and during the day night seemed
to be spread [over the sky]; and on the books being inspected, the state
being filled with religious scruples, it was resolved by the senate that
a dictator should be nominated fo