. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . sus seemed yet more to increase thedefections. Aelitrse, Circei, and Lauuviuin revolted; (amillus,raised for thi seventh time to the militarv tribunate, had ditficultv Xepete was tliirly miles from Rome, Sutrium thirty-two. and the Cimiiiiii.^ is thewooded chain, now called the mountains of Mierho. .-Vt Sutrium can be seen the \erypictu-esque remains of an amphitlieatre. cut in the rock. It seems to belong to the imperialepoch ; yet some antiquarians think it Etruscan.—Cf. Dennis, Et
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . sus seemed yet more to increase thedefections. Aelitrse, Circei, and Lauuviuin revolted; (amillus,raised for thi seventh time to the militarv tribunate, had ditficultv Xepete was tliirly miles from Rome, Sutrium thirty-two. and the Cimiiiiii.^ is thewooded chain, now called the mountains of Mierho. .-Vt Sutrium can be seen the \erypictu-esque remains of an amphitlieatre. cut in the rock. It seems to belong to the imperialepoch ; yet some antiquarians think it Etruscan.—Cf. Dennis, Etruria, i. p. 94-9. 266 ROME rXDEK THE IATKKIAX COXSULS. in warding ofB great disasters. In 379 the Prajnestines jxiictratedto the CoUiue gate, and ra^?aged all the country betweenthe Tiller and Anio. Overtaken and beaten on the banks of theAllia by the dictator T. Quiuctius, they lost eight cities, andbegged for peace. Thice years after, a two days battle ended thewar agaiust the ^\jitiates, and the military tribune Servius Sulpiciusrelieved the faithful Tusculans, who had been attacked by the. Amphitheatre of Sutrium. Latins. Tluse wvre important successes; but Velitne and Circeihad not been punished for thiir defection ; Prajneste, Antium, andthe Volsci did not acknowledge their defiat : Rome was not atthat time sure of the Latin plain. To these w^ars belongs a legend which perhaps covers anhistoric fact which the Eoman writers refrain from telling the retreat of the Oaids, the Fidenates, in league with someother peoples, had penetrated to the edge of the Servian walls, andas the price of withdrawal, they demanded that the most uoblematrons should be delivered u]> to them. Shame and anxiety tilled MILITARY HISTORY FROM 389 TO 343. 26i the city ; a female slave, \shose devotion procured for her the nameTutela, offered to give up herself together Mith the most beautiful ofher companions, clothed as mati-ons, to the enemys camp. The sena-tors agreed, and the Fidena
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