--_Dyer_.
1. In the mean time, these intestine tumults produced weakness within
the state, and confidence in the enemy abroad. The wars with the AE'qui
and the Vol'sci still continued; and, as each year some trifling
advantage was obtained over the Romans, they, at last, advanced so
far, as to make their incursions to the very walls of Rome.[2]
[Sidenote: U.C. 309]
2. But not the courage only of the Romans, their other virtues also,
particularly their justice, seemed diminished by these contests.
3. The tribunes of the people now grew more turbulent; they proposed
two laws: one to permit plebeians to intermarry with the patricians;
and the other, to permit them to be admitted to the consulship also.
4. The senators received these proposals with indignation, and seemed
resolved to undergo the utmost extremities, rather than submit to
enact these laws. However, finding their resistance only increased the
commotions of the state, they, at last, consented to pass that
concerning marriages, hoping that this concession would satisfy the
people.
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