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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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le among the patricians and plebeians; the formerproposed (b. c. 444) that a certain number of Military Tribunes should bechosen equally from the two classes and should exercise supreme power. Thenumber was three at first, and was afterward increased to six. Two Censorswere also appointed, and as they were chosen exclusively from the patricians,the power of the latter was much increased. The censors had authority todetermine the rank of every citizen and to value his taxable property. Stillfurther, although it was decreed that the military tribunes might be chosenfrom either order, yet the patricians found little difficulty in securing themfrom among themselves. Thus matters stood until about b. c. 400, when thetrouble was removed and the plebeians were freely elected. We have now reached the period (b.c. 390) when Rome received its firstgreat check through the invasion of the Gauls, a mighty people, of whom weshall learn further in our account of France and other early nations. Under
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Rome—Conquest by the Gauls 317 the general name of Gauls may be included the vast mass of the Celtic racewhich occupied the west of Europe from the Rhine to the Atlantic. This restless people fought for slaves and cattle and gold rather than forterritory, and at the time named were pressing upon the Etruscans south andwest of the Apennines. They were under the lead of their great chieftainBrennus, which was the title rather than the name of several Gallic princes.Crossing the Apennines, Brennus advanced rapidly through the country of theSabines, at the head of 70,000 men, and met the Roman army on the banks ofthe Allia, some ten or twelve miles from the capital. In the battle which fol-lowed, the Romans were routed, and, had the barbarians promptly followed uptheir advantage, they could have blotted Rome from the face of the earth. In-stead of doing so, they spent hours in drunken revelry on the battlefield, whichinterval was employed by the Romans in fortifying the Capitol, to whic

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