They choose Marcus Oppius and Sextus Manilius.

The patricians, alarmed for the general safety, though there was a meeting every day, waste the time in wrangling more frequently than in deliberation.

The murder of Siccius, the lust of Appius, and the disgraces incurred in war were urged as charges against the decemvirs.

It was resolved that Valerius and Horatius should proceed to the Aventine.

They refused to go on any other conditions, than that the decemvirs should lay down the badges of that office, which had expired the year before.