Q. autem Varius, propter obscurum ius civitatis Hybrida cognominatus, tribunus plebis legem adversus intercessionem collegarum perrogavit, quae iubebat quaeri quorum dolo malo socii ad arma ire coacti essent, magna cum clade rei publicae: sociale enim prius, deinde civile bellum excitavit.
Q. Varius, surnamed Hybrida because of doubts about his citizen status, carried through as Tribune of the Plebs against the veto of his colleagues a law ordering an investigation into persons through whom by malice aforethought the allies had been made to take up arms. That was a great public calamity, because it stirred up first a social war and then a civil one.
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