A

LIST OF CONSULS,

From their First Establishment.

THE two first consuls chosen about the middle of June A. U. C. 244, were L. Jun. Brutus, and L. Tarq. Collatinus. Collatinus retired from Rome as being of the family of the Tarquins, and Pub. Valerius was chosen in his room. When Brutus was killed in battle, Sp. Lucretius Tricipitinus was elected to succeed him; and after the death of Lucretius, Marcus Horatius Pulvillus was chosen for the rest of the year with Valerius Publicola. The first consulship lasted about sixteen months, during which the Romans fought against the Tarquins, and the capitol was dedicated:

A. U. C. 246. Pub. Valerius Publicola 2; Tit. Lucretius Tricipitinus. Porsenna supported the claims of Tarquin. The noble actions of Cocles, Scævola, and Cloelia.

A. U. C. 247. P. Lucretius, or M. Horatius Pulvillus ; P. Valer. Publicola 3. The vain efforts of Porsenna continued,

A. U. C. 248. Sp. Lartius Flavus; T. Herminius Aquilinus. Victories obtained over the Sabines.

A. U. C. 249. M. Valerius Volesus; P. Postumius Tubertus. Wars with the Sabines continued.

j

A. U. C. 250. P. Valerius Publicola 4; P. Lucretius Tricipitinus 2.

A. U. C. 251. Agrippa Menenius Lanatus; P. Postu mius Tubertus 2. The death of Publicola.

A. U. C. 252. Opiter Virginius Tricostus; Sp. Cassius Viscellinus. Sabine War.

A. U. C. 253. T. Postumius Cominius Auruncus ; T. Lartius Flavus. A conspiracy of slaves at Rome.

A, U. C. 254. Serv. Sulpicius Camerinus; M. Tullius Longus.

A. U. C. 255. P. Veturius Geminus; T. Æbutius Elva.

A. U. C. 256. T. Lartius Flavus 2; Q. Cloelius Siculus. Wars with the Latins.

A.U.C. 257. A. Sempronius Atratinus; M. Minucius Augurinus.

A. U. C. 258. Aulus Postumius Albus Regilensis;

Tit. Virginius Tricostus Colimontanus. The battle of Regillæ.

A. U. C. 259. Ap. Claudius Sabinus; P. Servilius Priscus. War with the Volsci.

A. U. C. 260. A. Virginius Tricostus; T. Veturius Geminus Cicurinus. The dissatisfied people retire to Mons Sacer.

A. U. C. 261. Postumius Cominius Auruncus 2; Sp. Cassius Viscellinas 2. A reconciliation between the senate and people, and the election of the tribunes.

A. U. C. 262. P. Geganius Macerinus; P. Minucius Augurinus. A famine at Rome.

A. U. C. 263. M. Minucius Augurinus 2; Aul. Sempronius Atratinus 2. The haughty behaviour of Coriolanus to the populace.

A. U. C. 264, Q. Sulpitious Camerinus; Sp. Lartius Flavus 2. Coriolanus retires to the Volsci.

A. U. C. 265. C. Julius Iulus; P. Pinarius Rufus Mamercinus. The Volsci make declarations of

war.

A. U. C. 266. Sp. Nautius Rutilus; Sex. Furius Fusus. Coriolanus forms the siege of Rome. He

retires at the intreaties of his mother and wife, and dies.

A. U. C. 267. T. Sicinius Sabinus; C. Aquilius Tuscus. The Volsci defeated.

A. U. C. 268. Sp. Cassius Viscellinus 3; Proculus Virginius Tricostus. Cassius aspires to tyranny.

A. U. C. 269. Serv. Cornelius Cossus Maluginensis; Q. Fabius Vibulanus. Cassius is condemned, and thrown down the Tarpeian rock.

A. U. C. 270. L. Æmilius Mamercinus; Q. Fabius. Vibulanus 2. The Æqui and Volsci defeated.

A. U. C. 271.

Publicola Potitus.

M. Fabius Vibulanus; L. Valerius

A. U. C. 272. Q. Fabius Vibulanus 3; C. Julius Iulus. War with the Æqui.

A. U. C. 273. Caso Fabius Vibulanus; Sp. Furius Fusus. War continued with the Æqui and Veientes.

A. U. C. 274. M. Fabius Vibulanus 2; Cn. Manlius Cincinnatus. Victory over the Hernici.

A. U. C. 275. Caso Fabius Vibulanus 2; A. Virginius Tricostus Rutilus. The march of the Fabii to the river Cremera.