The other consul, Postumius, because there was no employment for his arms in Samnium, having led over his forces into Etruria, first laid waste the lands of the Volsinians; and afterwards, on their marching out to protect their country, gained a decisive victory over them, at a small distance from their own walls.

Two thousand two hundred of the Etrurians were slain; the proximity of their city protected the rest.

The army was then led into the territory of Rusella, and there, not only were the lands wasted, but the town itself taken.

More than two thousand men were made prisoners, and somewhat less than that number killed on the walls.

But a peace, effected that year in Etruria, was still more important and honourable than the war had been.