Ab urbe condita

If

I am to be of any use, I shall be none the less so in a private capacity.”

Ten military tribunes, accordingly, were appointed. The army acting against the Sabines did not remain passive. There, too, at the instigation of Icilius and Numitorius, a revolt against the decemvirs took place. The feelings of the soldiery were roused by the recollection of the murdered Siccius no less than by the fresh story of the maiden whom it had been sought to make a victim of foul lust.

When Icilius heard that tribunes of the soldiers had been elected on the Aventine, he anticipated from what he knew of the plebs that

when they came to elect their tribunes they would follow the lead of the army and choose those who were already elected as military tribunes.