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11. dum ea ibi Romani gerunt, Antemnatium exercitus per occasionem ac solitudinem hostiliter in fines Romanos incursionem facit. raptim et ad [p. 42] hos Romana legio ducta palatos in agris oppressit.1 fusi igitur primo impetu et clamore hostes; [2] oppidum captum; duplicique victoria ovantem Romulum Hersilia coniunx precibus raptarum fatigata orat ut parentibus earum det veniam et in civitatem accipiat; ita rem coalescere concordia posse. facile impetratum. [3] inde contra Crustuminos profectus bellum inferentes. ibi minus etiam, quod alienis cladibus ceciderant animi, [4] certaminis fuit. utroque coloniae missae; plures inventi qui propter ubertatem terrae in Crustuminum nomina darent. et Romam inde frequenter migratum est, a parentibus maxime ac propinquis raptarum.

[5] novissimum ab Sabinis bellum ortum, multoque id maximum fuit; nihil enim per iram aut cupiditatem actum est, nec ostenderunt bellum prius quam intulerunt. [6] consilio etiam additus dolus. Sp. Tarpeius Romanae praeerat arci. huius filiam virginem auro corrumpit Tatius ut armatos in arcem accipiat; aquam forte ea tum sacris extra moenia petitum ierat. [7] accepti obrutam armis necavere, seu ut vi capta potius arx videretur, seu prodendi exempli causa, ne quid usquam fidum proditori esset. [8] additur fabula,2 quod vulgo Sabini aureas armillas magni [p. 44] ponderis bracchio laevo gemmatosque magna specie3 anulos habuerint, pepigisse eam quod in sinistris manibus haberent; eo scuta illi pro aureis donis congesta. [9] sunt qui eam ex pacto tradendi quod in sinistris manibus esset derecto arma petisse dicant, et fraude visam agere, sua ipsam peremptam mercede.

1 A.U.C. 1-37

2 fabula glareanus: fabulae (or -le) ω.

3 A.U.C. 1-37

Livy. Books I and II With An English Translation. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.

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