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THEPUBLICORDERINREPUBLICANROME
sulumimperio,etdicereactumessedelibertatesua,rursusad
antiquareditum;cumGenuciounamortuamacsepultamtribu-
niciampotestatem.Aliudagendumaccogitandum,quomodo
resistaturpatribus;[3]idautemunumconsiliumesseutseip-
saplebs,quandoaliudnihilauxiliihabeat,defendat.Quattuor
etvigintilictoresapparereconsulibuseteosipsosplebishomi-
nes;nihilcontemptiusnequeinfirmius,sisintquicontemnant;
sibiquemqueeamagnaatquehorrendafacere.[4]Hisvocibus
aliialioscumincitassent,adVoleronemPublilium,deplebeho-
minem,quia,quodordinesduxisset,negaretsemilitemfieride-
bere,lictormissusestaconsulibus.[5]Voleroappellattribunos.
Cumauxilionemoesset,consulesspoliarihominemetvirgasex-
pediriiubent.(Provoco,
)inquit(adpopulum)Volero,(quoniam
tribunicivemRomanuminconspectusuovirgiscaedimalunt
quamipsiinlectosuoavobistrucidari.)Quoferociusclamitabat,
eoinfestiuscircumscindereetspoliarelictor.[6]TumVoleroet
praevalensipseetadiuvantibusadvocatisrepulsolictore,ubiin-
dignantiumproseacerrimuseratclamor,eoseinturbamcon-
fertissimamrecipitclamitans:(Provocoetfidemplebisimploro.
[7]Adestecives,adestecommilitones;nihilestquodexspecte-
tistribunos,quibusipsisvestroauxilioopusest.)[8]Concitati
hominesvelutiadproeliumseexpediunt;apparebatqueomne
discrimenadesse,nihilcuiquamsanctumnonpublicifore,non
privatiiuris.[9]Huictantaetempestaticumseconsulesobtulis-
sent,facileexpertisuntparumtutammaiestatemsineviribus
esse.Violatislictoribus,fascibusfractiseforoincuriamcom-
pelluntur,incertiquatenusVoleroexerceretvictoriam.
Immediatelyfollowingthisperniciousvictoryalevywaspro-
claimed,whichthetimorousnessofthetribunesallowedthe
consulstopushthroughwithouteveraveto.Butthistimethe
commonswerefairlyrousedtoanger,morebythesilenceofthe
tribunesthanbytheconsuls)power.Teydeclaredthatitwas
allupwiththeirliberty;thatmenhadgonebacktotheirold
ways;thatwithGenuciusthetribunicianpowerhadsufered
deathandburial.Teymustadoptanothercourseandother
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