the mountain, being the soldiers who were freshest
for labour, because they had come up towards the close of the
engagement.

34. These, after they entered the gate mixed with the enemy, make their
way to the walls, and raise from their summit a signal to their friends
of the town being taken. When the dictator saw this, (for he had now
made his way into the deserted camp of the enemy,) he leads on the
soldiers, who were now anxious to disperse themselves in quest of booty,
entertaining a hope of a greater spoil in the city, to the gate; and
being admitted within the walls, he proceeds to the citadel, whither he
saw the crowds of fugitives hurrying. Nor was the slaughter in the city
less than in the battle; until, throwing down their arms, begging
nothing but their life, they surrendered to the dictator. The city and
camp are plundered. On the following day, one captive being allotted to
each horseman and centurion, and two to those whose valour had been
conspicuous, and the rest being sold by auction, the dictator in triumph
led back to Rome his army victorious and enriched with spoil; and having
ordered the master of the horse to resign his office, he immediately
resigned his own on the sixteenth day (after he had obtained it);
surrendering in peace that authority which he had received during war
and trepidations. Some annals have reported that there was a naval
engagement with the Veientians at Fidenae, a thing as difficult as it was
incredible, the river even now not being broad enough for such a
purpose; and at that time, as we learn from old writers, being
considerably narrower: except that perhaps in disputing the passage of
the river, magnifying, as will happen, the scuffle of a few ships, they
sought the empty honour of a naval victory.

35. The following year had as military tribunes with consular power
Aulus Sempronius Atratinus, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus, Lucius Furius
Medullinus, Lucius Horatius Barbatus. To the Veientians a truce for
twenty years was granted, and one for three years to the AEquans, though
they had solicited one for a longer term. There was quiet also from city
riots. The year following, though not distinguished either by war abroad
or by disturbance at home, was rendered celebrated by the games which
had been vowed during the war, both through the magnificence displayed
in them by the military tribunes, and also through the concourse of the
neighbouring states. The tribunes with consula