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missiles. They dispersed amongst the Volscians and over the Falernian district; from thence they made their way to Apulia and the western sea. The consul mustered his troops on parade, and after praising the conduct of the tribune presented him with ten oxen and a golden
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chaplet. In consequence of instructions received from the senate he took over the maritime war and joined his forces with those of the
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praetor. The Greeks were too lacking in courage to run the risk of a general engagement, and there was every prospect of the war proving a long
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one. Camillus was in consequence authorised by the senate to nominate T. Manlius Torquatus as Dictator for the purpose of conducting the elections. After appointing A. Cornelius Cossus as Master of the Horse, the Dictator proceeded to hold the consular elections. Marcus Valerius Corvus (for that was henceforth his cognomen), a young man of twenty-three, was declared to be duly elected amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the
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people. His colleague was the plebeian, M. Popilius Laenas, now elected for the fourth time. Nothing worth recording took place between Camillus and the Greeks; they were no fighters on land and the Romans could not fight on the
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sea. Ultimately, as they were prevented from landing anywhere and water and the other necessaries of life failed them, they abandoned
