And the Veientes, being humbled by that loss no less than by the unsuccessful battle, send ambassadors to Rome to sue for peace.

A truce for one hundred years was granted them after they were fined a part of their land.

These are the principal transactions which occurred during the reign of Romulus, in peace and war, none of which seem inconsistent with the belief of his divine original, or of the deification attributed to him after death, neither his spirit in recovering his grandfather's kingdom, nor his project of building a city, nor that of strengthening it by the arts of war and peace.

For by the strength attained from that outset under him, it became so powerful, that for forty years after it enjoyed a profound peace.

He was, however, dearer to the people than to the fathers; but above all others he was most beloved by the soldiers.