According to Livy, he also led Roman troops against the Latin town of Pometia.

[6] It is not improbable that Saint Paul, an educated Roman citizen, knew this story (not necessarily through Livy) and was prompted by it[7] in his use of the same parable when he admonished the Christians of Corinth that, for all their "diversity of gifts", they were all members of one body (I Cor.

Ancient accounts of early Roman history are compromised by uneven use of sources, the author's bias toward either senatorial or popular interests, and sheer uncertainty.

The existence of the "plebeian" and "patrician" social division in the earliest period of Rome's history has been questioned by modern scholars.

Livy records that during his life he had been beloved of both the senate and the plebs (particularly the latter since his involvement in ending their secession).

He is portrayed by Brian Cox in the 2011 film adaptation of the same name, in which director Ralph Fiennes plays the titular character.