eing full of religious impressions, and then even the leading men
having become superstitious by reason of their recent misfortunes, in
order that the auspices might be taken anew, the government had once
more recourse to an interregnum. The successive interreges were, Marcus
Manlius Capitolinus, Servius Sulpicius Camerinus, and Lucius Valerius
Potitus. The last at length held an election of military tribunes with
consular power. He nominates Lucius Papirius, Caius Cornelius, Caius
Sergius, Lucius AEmilius a second time, Lucius Menenius, and Lucius
Valerius Publicola a third time. These entered on their office after the
interregnum. This year the temple of Mars, vowed in the Gallic war, was
dedicated by Titus Quinctius, duumvir for performing religious rites.
Four tribes were added from the new citizens, the Stellatine, the
Tormentine, the Sabatine, and the Arnian, and they made up the number of
twenty-five tribes.

6. Regarding the Pomptine land the matter was pressed by Lucius
Sicinius, plebeian tribune, on the people, who now attended in greater
numbers, and more readily aroused to the desire of land than they had
been. And mention having been introduced in the senate regarding war
against the Latins and Hernicians, the matter was deferred in
consequence of their attending to a more important war, because Etruria
was up in arms. Matters reverted to their electing Camillus military
tribune with consular power. Five colleagues were added, Servius
Cornelius Maluginensis, Quintus Servilius Fidenas a sixth time, Lucius
Quinctius Cincinnatus, Lucius Horatius Pulvillus, and Publius Valerius.
At the commencement of the year the attention of the people was drawn
away from the Etrurian war, because a body of fugitives from the
Pomptine district, suddenly entering the city, brought word that the
Antians were up in arms; and that the states of the Latins privately
sent their youth to that war, denying that there was any public concert
in it, they alleging that volunteers were only not prevented from
serving in whatever quarter they pleased. They had now ceased to despise
any wars. Accordingly the senate returned thanks to the gods, because
Camillus was in office; for (they knew) that it would have been
necessary to nominate him dictator, if he were in a private station. And
his colleagues agreed that when any terror with respect to war
threatened, the supreme direction of every thing should be vested in one
man, and that they ha