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. Quæstorship thrown open to the Plebeians 42

440. Famine at Rome 42

Death of Sp. Mælius 42

Foreign wars 42

Roman colonies 43

War with the Etruscans 43

437. Spolia Opima won by A. Cornelius Cossus 43

426. Capture and destruction of Fidenæ 43

403. Commencement of siege of Veii 43

Tale of the Alban Lake 43

396. Appointment of Camillus as Dictator 43
Capture of Veii 44

394. War with Falerii 44
Tale of the Schoolmaster 44

Unpopularity of Camillus 44

391. He goes into exile 44