CHAPTER V.

THE DECEMVIRATE. B.C. 451-449.

471. Publilian Law transferring the election of the Tribunes
from the Comitia of Centuries to those of the Tribes 36

462. Proposal of the Tribune Terentilius Arsa for the
appointment of Decemviri 37

460. Seizure of the Capitol by Herdonius the Sabine 37

454. Appointment of three Commissioners to visit Greece 37

452. Their return to Rome 37

451. Appointment of the Decemviri 37
The Ten Tables 37

450. New Decemviri appointed 37
Their tyranny 38
Two new Tables added, making twelve in all 38

449. The Decemviri continue in office 38
Death of Sicinius Dentatus 38
Death of Virginia 39

Second secession to the Sacred Mount 39
Resignation of the Decemvirs 39
Election of ten Tribunes 40

Valerian and Horatian Laws 40

Death of Appius Claudius 40

The Twelve Tables 40

CHAPTER VI.

FROM THE DECEMVIRATE TO THE CAPTURE OF ROME BY THE GAULS.
B.C. 448-390.

445. Third secession to the Sacred Mount 41
Lex Canuleia for intermarriage between the two orders 41
Institution of Military Tribunes with consular powers 41

443. Institution of the Censorship 41

421. Quaestorship thrown open to the Plebeians 42

440. Famine at Rome 42

Death of Sp. Maelius 42

Foreign wars 42

Roman colonies 43

War with