Chapter VII

FROM THE CAPTURE OF ROME BY THE GAULS TO THE FINAL UNION OF THE
TWO ORDERS. B.C. 390-367.

The Gauls, or Celts 45

391. Attack of Clusium by the Senones 45

Roman ambassadors sent to Clusium 45

They take part in the fight against the Senones 45

The Senones march upon Rome 46

390. Battle of the Allia 46

Destruction of Rome 46

Siege of the Capitol 46
Legend of M. Manlius 47

Appointment of Camillus as Dictator 47

He delivers Rome from the Gauls 47

Rebuilding of the city 47

Further Gallic wars 48

361. Legend of T. Manlius Torquatus 48

349. Legend of M. Valerius Corvus 48

385. Distress at Rome 48

384. M. Manlius comes forward as a patron of the poor 48

His fate 49

376. Licinian Rogations proposed 49

Violent opposition of the Patricians 50

367. Licinian Rogations passed 50

366. L. Sextius first Plebeian Consul 50

Institution of the Prætorship 50

356. First Plebeian Dictator 51

351. First Plebeian Censor 51

336. First Plebeian Prætor 51

300. Lex Ogulnia, increasing the number of the Pontiffs and
Augurs, and enacting that a certain number of them
should be taken from the Plebeians 51

339. Publilian Laws 51

286. Lex Hortensia 51