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The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08

BOOK II
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To make head against them, and lest any sudden danger might arise from Tusculum, (whence they suspected a war, though it was not yet declared,) P.Valerius was created consul a fourth time, and T.
Lucretius a second time.

A disturbance arising among the Sabines, between the advisers of war and of peace, transferred from thence some additional strength to the Romans.

For Attus Clausus, afterwards called at Rome Appius Claudius, when he himself, being an adviser of peace, was hard put to it by those who abetted the war, and was not a match for the faction, fled from Regillum to Rome, accompanied by a great number of clients.

The rights of citizenship and land on the other side of the Anio were conferred on them.

It was called the old Claudian tribe, and was increased by the addition of some tribesmen who had come from that country.


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