[93] Proofs of the disagreement of the two consuls: “Cassius brought secretly as many Latins and Hernici as he possibly could to have their suffrages; there arrived in Rome such a great number, that in a short time the town was full of strangers. Virginius, who was informed of it, caused a herald to proclaim in all the public places that all those who had no domicile in Rome should withdraw immediately; but Cassius gave orders contrary to those of his colleague, forbidding any one who had the right of Roman freedom to quit the town until the law was confirmed and received.” (Year of Rome 268.) (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, VIII. 72.)--“Quinctius, more indulgent than his colleague, willed the concession to the people of all their just and reasonable demands; Appius, on the contrary, was willing to die rather than to yield.” (Year of Rome 283.) (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, IX. 48.) [94] “The two consuls were of the most opposite tempers, and were always in discord (_dissimiles discordesque_).” (Titus Livius, XXII. 41.)--“While they lost their time in quarrels rather than in deliberations.” (Titus Livius, XXII. 45.) [95] Titus Livius, XXI. 52.--Dio Cassius, _Fragments_, CCLXXI. edit. Gros. [96] Titus Livius, XXI. 52. [97] “In the Roman army the two consuls enjoyed an equal power; but the deference of Agrippa in concentrating the authority in the hands of his colleague, established the unity so necessary for the success of great enterprises.” (Titus Livius, III. 70.)--“The two consuls commanded often both in the day of battle.” (Titus Livius, _Battle of Mount Vesuvius_, VIII. 9; _Battle of Sentinum_, X. 27.)--“A fatal innovation; from that time each had in view his personal interest, and not the general interest, preferring to see the Republic experience a check than his colleague covered with glory, and evils without number afflicted the fatherland.” (Dio Cassius, _Fragments_, LI. edit. Gros.) [98] “They called tribunes of the people those who, from tribunes of the soldiers, which they were first, were charged with the defence of the people during its retreat at Crustumerium.” (Varro, _De Lingua Latina_, V. 81, edition of O. Müller.) [99] “The discontented obtained from the patricians the confirmation of their magistrates; afterwards they demanded of the Senate the permission to elect annually two plebeians (_ediles_) to second the tribunes in all things in which they might have need of aid, to judge the causes which these might entrust into their hands, to have care of the sacred and public edifices, and to ensure the supplying of the market with provisions.” (Year of Rome 260.) (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, VI. 90.) [100] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, VI. 89.