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command_n and_o be_v likewise_o unwilling_a to_o provoke_v they_o such_o a_o ambiguous_a answer_n be_v return_v that_o the_o latin_n and_o campanian_o think_v themselves_o so_o far_o disoblige_v as_o to_o revolt_v manlius_n torquatus_n now_o consul_n the_o three_o time_n and_o his_o colleague_n decius_n must_n be_v send_v by_o the_o senate_n to_o chastise_v the_o latin_n who_o now_o will_v be_v satisfy_v with_o no_o less_o than_o have_v one_o of_o the_o consul_n and_o half_o the_o senator_n choose_v out_o of_o their_o nation_n upon_o certain_a dream_n and_o prognostication_n that_o the_o general_n on_o one_o side_n and_o the_o army_n on_o the_o other_o be_v certain_o to_o be_v destroy_v the_o consul_n solemn_o agree_v that_o in_o what_o part_n the_o roman_a army_n shall_v be_v distress_a the_o commander_n of_o that_o part_n shall_v devote_v himself_o to_o the_o god_n and_o die_v for_o his_o country_n which_o generous_a resolution_n be_v confirm_v by_o oath_n and_o because_o they_o be_v 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valour_n but_o condemn_v he_o for_o his_o disobedience_n which_o though_o a_o sad_a be_v a_o profitable_a example_n to_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o man_n and_o after_o that_o cruel_a command_n be_v usual_o call_v manliana_n dicta_fw-la the_o latin_n now_o defeat_v beg_v peace_n which_o be_v give_v they_o though_o not_o with_o the_o same_o condition_n to_o all_o manlius_n return_v in_o triumph_n but_o be_v meet_v only_o by_o the_o old_a man_n the_o young_a one_o refuse_v to_o do_v he_o that_o honour_n and_o ever_o after_o hate_v he_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o his_o son_n soon_o after_o the_o people_n of_o antium_n and_o ardea_n make_v incursion_n into_o the_o roman_a territory_n 413._o but_o manlius_n be_v sick_a he_o name_v papyrius_n crassus_n for_o dictator_n who_o appoint_v papyrius_n cursor_n his_o master_n of_o the_o horse_n and_o keep_v the_o field_n some_o month_n in_o the_o antiate_n country_n but_o no_o remarkable_a action_n happen_v the_o consul_n for_o the_o follow_a year_n aemilius_n and_o publius_n overthrow_v the_o latin_n who_o have_v again_o revolt_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o some_o land_n take_v from_o '_o they_o publius_n by_o who_o conduct_n the_o victory_n be_v obtain_v receive_v into_o alliance_n such_o city_n as_o have_v be_v worsted_n and_o aemilius_n march_v his_o army_n and_o sit_v down_o before_o pedum_n which_o receive_v supply_n from_o several_a place_n though_o he_o have_v the_o advantage_n in_o all_o skirmish_n yet_o still_o the_o town_n hold_v out_o and_o he_o understanding_n that_o his_o colleague_n be_v return_v to_o his_o triumph_n he_o immediate_o leave_v the_o siege_n and_o go_v for_o rome_n to_o demand_v that_o honour_n likewise_o the_o senate_n be_v much_o offend_v at_o this_o presumption_n deny_v he_o that_o honour_n except_o pedum_n be_v either_o take_v or_o surrender_v which_o cause_v he_o out_o of_o revenge_n to_o join_v with_o the_o tribune_n against_o the_o patritian_n the_o rest_n of_o his_o time_n his_o colleague_n not_o oppose_v it_o be_v himself_o a_o plebeian_n the_o senate_n out_o of_o a_o desire_n to_o get_v free_a of_o they_o both_o order_v a_o dictator_n to_o be_v create_v who_o it_o fall_v to_o aemilius_n share_n to_o nominate_v as_o have_v the_o fasces_fw-la that_o month._n aemilius_n name_v his_o colleague_n publius_n philo_n 414._o who_o appoint_v junius_n brutus_n for_o his_o master_n of_o the_o horse_n and_o be_v the_o second_o plebeian_n dictator_n in_o rome_n publius_n be_v a_o great_a vexation_n to_o the_o nobility_n and_o be_v full_a of_o invective_n against_o they_o procure_v three_o remarkable_a law_n whereof_o the_o first_o alter_v the_o very_a constitution_n of_o the_o state_n which_o be_v that_o the_o plebiscita_fw-la shall_v bind_v the_o quirite_n or_o citizen_n of_o rome_n of_o all_o rank_n and_o degree_n whatsoever_o the_o second_o be_v that_o such_o law_n as_o be_v enact_v in_o the_o centuriate_a comitia_fw-la shall_v be_v propose_v or_o pass_v by_o the_o senate_n 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this_o honour_n 416._o the_o senate_n little_o regard_v it_o have_v be_v so_o often_o overpower_v in_o matter_n of_o the_o great_a consequence_n and_o this_o happen_v in_o the_o 416th_o year_n of_o the_o city_n and_o 28_o year_n after_o the_o first_o creation_n of_o this_o office_n iii_o not_o long_o after_o the_o agreement_n between_o the_o roman_n and_o latin_n a_o war_n break_v out_o between_o the_o arunci_n and_o the_o sidicini_n in_o campania_n in_o which_o the_o latter_a constrain_v the_o former_a to_o abandon_v their_o ancient_a seat_n and_o settle_v in_o suessa_n which_o be_v afterward_o call_v arunca_n the_o arunci_n have_v give_v up_o themselves_o to_o the_o roman_n who_o thereupon_o order_v they_o relief_n but_o the_o consul_n defer_v it_o lose_v the_o opportunity_n of_o assist_v '_o they_o but_o in_o the_o next_o year_n the_o sidicini_n with_o their_o confederate_n and_o neighbour_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o cales_n be_v overthrow_v
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