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\nWhat a confusing decade the 410s have been. It's definitely time for a Partial Recap! We run through what the ancient sources tell us about this decade.
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\nThe Partial Recap - The 410s BCE
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\nWant to get all the details? Jump in at Episode 140: The Commonwealth of Slaves.
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\nSound Credits
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\nOur music was composed by Bettina Joy de Guzman.
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\nTranscript
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\nDr Rad - Welcome to the Partial Recap for the 410s BCE!
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\nDr G - I\u2019m Dr G 
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\nDr Rad: and I\u2019m Dr Rad
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\nDr G: and this is our highlights edition of the 410s in Rome. We\u2019ll take you through from 419 to 410 in an epitome of our normal episodes. 
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\nDr Rad: Perfect for those mornings when you don\u2019t want some lengthy rhetoric with your coffee - but please be warned - the Roman world is a violent one.  
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\nDr G: Get ready for a recappuccino. 
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\n419 BCE
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\n* In 419 BCE, the military tribunes with consular power were Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, Publius Lucretius Hosti Tricipitunus, Spurius Nautius Rutilus and Gaius Servilius Axilla.
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\n* This was a year of high drama, mama!
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\n* Some of the slaves in Rome decided to stage a pretty audacious uprising - setting fires all over the city and then taking control of the Capitol whilst everyone else was distracted. 
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\n* Naturally, Rome\u2019s best bud - Jupiter - made sure their plot failed.
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\n* In other words, some of the slaves turned informer and were rewarded with their freedom and a healthy bonus
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\n* As for the rest of the slaves - they were simply showered with attention - of the sharp and pointy kind. It\u2019s a sad tale that does not end well.
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\n* The Aequians and the Labici started rumbling in the distance this year - there was no major military action, but the Romans had their eyes peeled. 
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\n418 BCE
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\n* In 418 BCE, the military tribunes with consular power were Lucius Sergius Fidenas, Marcus Papirius Mugillanus, and Caius Servilius Axilla. 
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\n* Ambassadors from Tusculum arrived in Rome in this year with very expected news - the Labicani were ready for war. They were so ready, they had already teamed up with the Aequians and started attacking areas in the countryside.
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\n* The Romans did not need to hear any more - it was war! 
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\n* The Senate dispatched two of the military tribunes to campaign whilst one would remain in the city. 
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\n* The military tribunes immediately started slappy-fighting over who got to command the armies 
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\n* Quintus Servilius - the dictator who had captured the slippery city of Fidenae and father of one of the military tribunes - had to step in and send them all to their rooms whilst he sorted out the mess. 
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\n* Servilius placed his son in charge of Rome and packed off the other military tribunes with a hefty smack around the ears and some stern marching orders - \u201cYou\u2019ve bragged an awful lot about yourselves so - You\u2019d better WERK!\u201d
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\n* Almost as though the ROmans knew something was going to go wrong, only ten tribes were levied - and it was just as well because the mi...