Chapter 2

THE FIRST COMMONWEALTH--B.C. 509-468

Brutus establishes the republic--A conspiracy to receive the kings into the city--Death of Brutus--Dedication of the Capitol--Battle of Lake Regillus--Secession of the commons to the Sacred Mount--Five tribunes of the people appointed--First proposal of an agrarian law--Patriotism of the Fabian family--Contests of the plebeians and patricians