[1] At the instigation of Crassus, the decemvirs maintained their power illegally for another year, refusing to proceed in the election of consuls.
[4][1] In 449 BC, the Sabines occupied Eretum and the Aequi invaded and set up camp under Mount Algidus.
At the time, Crassus and Spurius Oppius Cornicen stayed in Rome to assist in the defense of the city, while the four other decemvirs fought the Sabines.
The army commanded by Merenda withdrew to Tusculum before he was moved in reply to Lucius Verginius whose daughter had been made a slave by Crassus during a scandalous trial.
Under their command, they returned to Rome and occupied the foot of the Aventine before joining with the other army by Monte Sacro.