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6. cum in contionem consules processissent et res a perpetuis orationibus in altercationem vertisset, interroganti tribuno, cur plebeium consulem fieri non oporteret, [2] ut fortasse vere, sic parum utiliter in praesens certamen* respondit, 'quod nemo plebeius auspicia haberet, ideoque decemviros conubium diremisse, ne incerta prole auspicia turbarentur'. [3] plebes ad id maxime indignatione exarsit, quod auspicari, tamquam invisi diis inmortalibus, negarentur posse; nec ante finis contentionum fuit, cum et tribunum acerrimum auctorem plebes nacta esset et ipsa cum eo pertinacia certaret, quam victi tandem patres, ut de conubio ferretur, [4] concessere, ita maxime rati contentionem de plebeis consulibus tribunos aut totam deposituros aut post bellum dilaturos esse contentamque interim conubio plebem paratam dilectui fore.

cum Canuleius victoria de patribus [5] et plebis favore ingens esset, accensi alii tribuni ad certamen pro rogatione sua summa vi pugnant et crescente in dies fama belli dilectum inpediunt. [6] consules, cum per senatum intercedentibus tribunis nihil agi posset, consilia principum domi habebant. apparebat aut hostibus aut civibus de victoria concedendum esse. [7] soli ex consularibus Valerius atque Horatius non intererant consiliis. C. Claudi sententia consules armabat in tribunos; Quinctiorum, Cincinnatique et Capitolini, sententiae abhorrebant a caede violandisque, quos foedere icto cum plebe sacrosanctos accepissent. [8] per haec consilia eo deducta est res, ut tribunos militum consulari potestate promiscue ex patribus ac plebe creari sinerent, de consulibus creandis nihil mutaretur; eoque contenti tribuni, contenta plebs fuit.

[9] comitia tribunis consulari potestate tribus creandis indicuntur. quibus indictis extemplo quicumque [p. 225] aliquid seditiose dixerat aut fecerat umquam, [10] maxime tribunicii, et prensare homines et concursare toto foro candidati coepere, ut patricios desperatio primo inritata plebe apiscendi honoris, deinde indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret. postremo coacti tamen a primoribus petiere, ne cessisse possessione rei publicae viderentur. [11] eventus eorum comitiorum docuit alios animos in contentione libertatis dignitatisque, alios secundum deposita certamina incorrupto iudicio esse; tribunos enim omnes patricios creavit populus, contentus eo, quod ratio habita plebeiorum esset. [12] hanc modestiam aequitatemque et altitudinem animi ubi nunc in uno inveneris, quae tum populi universi fuit!

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