On that year it so happened that one Timasitheus filled the office of chief magistrate, a man more like the Romans than his own countrymen.

Who, himself reverencing the name of ambassadors, and the offering, and the god to whom it was sent, and the cause of the offering, impressed the multitude also, who almost on all occasions resemble their ruler, with [a sense] of religious justice; and after having brought the ambassadors to a public entertainment, escorted them with the protection of some ships to Delphos, and from thence brought them back in safety to Rome.

By a decree of the senate a league of hospitality was formed with him, and presents were conferred on him by the state.

During the same year the war with the AEquans was conducted with varying success; so that it was a matter of doubt both among the troops themselves and at Rome, whether they had been victorious or were vanquished.

The Roman commanders were Caius AEmilius and Spurius Postumius, two of the military tribunes.