The lands of the Apulians and of Samnium were utterly laid waste; but in neither quarter were the enemy to be found.
At Rome, an alarm, which happened in the night, suddenly roused the people from their sleep, in such a fright, that the Capitol and citadel, the walls and gates, were all filled with men in arms.

But after they had called all to their posts, and run together in bodies, in every quarter, when day approached, neither the author nor cause of the alarm could be discovered.

This year, in pursuance to the advice of Flavius, the Tusculans were brought to a trial before the people.

Marcus Flavius, a tribune of the commons, proposed, that punishment should be inflicted on those of the Tusculans, "by whose advice and assistance the Veliternians and Privernians had made war on the Roman people." The Tusculans, with their wives and children, came to Rome.

The whole party in mourning habits, like persons under accusation, went round the tribes, throwing themselves at the feet of the citizens.