[1] Julius' filiation has not been preserved in the Fasti Capitolini, so his exact line of descent is uncertain.
The two Manlii received the command against the Volsci, as they were nobler than the plebeian candidates and more influential than Julius.
Through the courage of their soldiers and sheer good fortune, they escaped with their lives, but the Romans were panicked, and considered nominating a dictator, until it became clear that the Volsci had no plan to follow their victory with an invasion.
[5][6][7] Otherwise, the year was marked by unusual domestic harmony at Rome, where the gradual acceptance of plebeian magistrates was helping to soothe relations between the orders.
Toward the end of the year, the Praenestines were busy building an anti-Roman coalition in Latium, and new colonists were gathered to reinforce the Roman colony at Setia, which was struggling from lack of numbers, but there were no emergencies.