Book 3
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The two consuls entered the enemies' territories by separate routes, and each tried to outdo the other in devastating the Volscian lands on the one side and those of the Aequi eon the other. I find it stated in the majority of authorities that Antium revolted this year, but that the consul L. Cornelius conducted a campaign and recaptured the town, I would not venture to assert, as there is no mention of it in the older writers.
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Internal Disturbances — Peace concluded with the Aequi. When this war had been brought to a close, the fears of the patricians were aroused by a
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war which the tribunes commenced at home. They exclaimed that the army was being detained abroad from dishonest motives; it was intended to frustrate the passing of the Law; all the same they would
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carry through the task they had begun. L. Lucretius, the prefect of the City, succeeded, however, in inducing the tribunes to defer action till the arrival of the consuls. A fresh cause of trouble arose. A. Cornelius and Q. Servilius, the quaestors, quaestors —There were two sets of officers bearing this title, the commissioners of the treasure, and the “trackers of murder” —as their title may be literally translated —whose duty was to search for and bring up for prosecution those who had been guilty of capital crimes. These latter are those mentioned in the present passage. indicted M. Volscius on the ground
