The month is so called from a certain consul who was ethnically a Gaul; for when Camillus led the triumphal procession arising from [sc. the defeat of] the Tyrants,[1] Februarius in jealousy cried out on the rostrum that it was not Camillus who had been responsible for the victory, but the fortune of the Romans. He [Februarius] also fabricated writings and false testimony against him [Camillus], [claiming] that he was pursuing tyranny. Consequently he [Februarius] stirred the people up against him [Camillus] and expelled him from the city. So after the capture of Rome[2] he [Camillus] returned and destroyed the barbarians who accompanied Brennus. Bringing the case to court he proved that Februarius had been responsible for everything that was done. And for this reason when he [Februarius] had been stripped of his garments and clothed with a rush sack by those called vernaculi[3] who served the tribune, he [Camillus] chased him, being beaten with cords, out of the city and shortened the month named for him in comparison to the other [months].