The census was performed that year; it was a matter of religious scruple that the lustrum should be closed, on account of the Capitol having been taken and the consul slain.

In the consulate of Quintus Fabius and Lucius Cornelius, disturbances broke out immediately at the commencement of the year.

The tribunes were urging on the commons.

The Latins and Hernici brought word that a formidable war was in preparation on the part of the Volscians and AEqui; that the troops of the Volscians were now at Antium.

Great apprehension was also entertained, that the colony itself would revolt: and with difficulty were the tribunes prevailed on to allow the war to take precedence.