Livy, Periochae 6-10
Titus Livius or Livy (59 BCE - 17 CE): Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the Roman republic.
A large part of Livy's History of Rome since the Foundation is now lost, but fortunately we have an excerpt, called the Periochae, which helps us reconstruct the general scope. This translation was made by Jona Lendering.
From Book 6 |
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[6.1] Itnote contains an account of successful wars against the Volscans and Aequans. |
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[6.2] [387 VC] Four voting districts were added, Stellatina, Tromentina, Sabatina, and Arniensis. |
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[6.3] [384 VC] When Marcus Manlius, who had defended the Capitol against the Gauls, liberated those suffering from debts and paid their debts, he was condemned for the crime of aspiring to monarchy and thrown down from the rock.note |
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[6.4] A senatorial decree was made, that no member of the Manlius family was to be called Marcus again. |
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[6.5] [376 VC] Two tribunes of the plebs, Gaius Licinius and Lucius Sextius, proposed a law that one of the consuls might be a plebeian - they had [until then] been chosen from the patricians- and this law was after much struggle and in spite of patrician opposition, in which the tribunes were the sole magistrates for five years, finally accepted; [366 VC] the first plebeian consul was Lucius Sextius. |
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[6.6] Another law was passed, that no one was permitted to possess more than five hundred iugera of land. |
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