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the_o title_n of_o maximus_n q._n servilius_n priscus_n his_o master_n of_o horse_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 260_o sp._n cassius_n viscellinus_n ii_o postumus_n cominius_n auruncus_n ii_o he_o hold_v the_o seven_o lustrum_fw-la now_o the_o commons_o first_o obtain_v to_o choose_v themselves_o tribune_n and_o the_o agrarian_a law_n for_o divide_v the_o new_a conquer_a land_n among_o the_o people_n begin_v to_o be_v dispute_v anni_fw-la v._o c._n 261_o t._n geganius_n macerinus_n p._n minucius_n augurinus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 262_o a._n sempronius_n atratinus_n ii_o m._n minucius_n augurinus_n ii_o anni_fw-la v._o c._n 263_o q._n sulpicius_n camerinus_n cornutus_n sp._n lartius_n flavus_n ii_o anni_fw-la v._o c._n 264_o c._n julius_n julus_n p._n pinarius_n rufus_n mamercinus_n both_o these_o and_o the_o consul_n of_o the_o year_n before_o be_v omit_v by_o livy_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 265_o sp._n nantius_n rutilus_n sex_n furius_n fusus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 266_o t._n sicinius_n sabinus_n tr._n c._n aquilius_n fuscus_n ou._n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 267_o sp._n cassius_n viscellinus_n iii_o tr._n proculus_n virginius_n tricostus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 268_o q._n fabius_n vibulanus_n servius_n cornelius_n maluginensis_n anni_fw-la v._n c._n 269_o l._n aemylius_fw-la mamercus_n k._n fabius_n vibulanus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 270_o m._n fabius_n vibulanus_n l._n valerius_n potitus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 271_o q_n fabius_n vibulanus_n ii_o c._n julius_n julus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 272_o k._n fabius_n vibulanus_n ii_o sp._n furius_n fusus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 273_o m._n fabius_n vibulanus_n ii_o cn._n manlius_n cincinnatus_n slay_v in_o battle_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 274_o k._n fabius_n vibulanus_n iii_o t._n virginiuâ—_n tricostus_n three_o hundred_o and_o six_o gentleman_n of_o the_o fabian_z family_n slay_v in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o veian_o which_o that_o single_a family_n undertake_v to_o manage_v anni_fw-la v._o c._n 275_o l._n aimilius_n mamercus_n ii_o c._n servilius_n ahala_n die_v in_o his_o office_n be_v succcede_v by_o c._n cornelius_n lentulus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 276_o c._n horatius_n pulvillus_n t._n menenius_n lanatus_n book_n iii_o anni_fw-la v._o c._n 277_o a._n virginius_n rutilus_n sp._n servilius_n structus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 278_o g._n nantius_n rutilus_n p._n valerius_n poplicola_n tr._n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 279_o l._n furius_n medullinus_n a._n manlius_n vulso_n ou._n he_o hold_v the_o eight_o lustrum_fw-la anni_fw-la v._o c._n 280_o l._n aimilius_n mamercus_n iii_o vopisc_n julius_n julus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 281_o p._n furius_n fusus_n l._n pinarius_n rufus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 282_o t._n quinctius_n capitolinus_n barbatus_n ap._n claudius_n sabinus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 283_o l._n valerius_n potitus_n ii_o ti._n aimilius_n mamercinus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 284_o a._n virginius_n coelimontanus_n t._n numicius_n priscus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 285_o t._n quinctius_n capit._n barbatus_n ii_o tr._n q._n servilius_n priscus_n anni_fw-la v._o c._n 286_o ti._n aemilius_n mamercinus_n ii_o q._n fabius_n vibulanus_n anni_fw-la