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12. tenuere tamen arcem Sabini, atque inde postero die, cum Romanus exercitus instructus quod inter Palatinum Capitolinumque collem campi est complesset, non prius descenderunt in aequum quam ira et cupiditate reciperandae arcis stimulante animos in adversum Romani subiere. [2] principes utrimque pugnam ciebant ab Sabinis Mettius Curtius, ab Romanis Hostius Hostilius. hic rem Romanam iniquo loco ad prima signa animo atque audacia sustinebat. [3] ut Hostius cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies fusaque est ad veterem portam Palatii. Romulus et ipse turba fugientium actus arma ad caelum tollens, [4?] “Iuppiter, tuisinquit, “iussus avibus hic in Palatio prima urbi fundamenta ieci. arcem iam scelere emptam Sabini habent; inde huc armati superata media valle tendunt; [5] at tu, pater deum hominumque, hinc saltem arce hostes, deme terrorem Romanis fugamque foedam siste! [6] hic ego tibi templum Statori Iovi, quod [p. 46] monumentum sit posteris tua praesenti ope servatam urbem1 esse, voveo.” [7] haec precatus, veluti2 sensisset auditas preces, “hincinquit, “Romani, iuppiter optimus maximus resistere atque iterare pugnam iubet.” restitere Romani tamquam caelesti voce iussi: ipse ad primores Romulus provolat. [8] Mettius Curtius ab Sabinis princeps ab arce decucurrerat et effusos egerat Romanos, toto quantum foro spatium est. nec procul iam a porta Palati erat clamitans, “vicimus perfidos hospites, imbelles hostes; iam sciunt longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare cum viris.” [9] in eum haec gloriantem cum globo ferocissimorum iuvenum Romulus impetum facit. ex equo tum forte Mettius pugnabat; eo pelli facilius fuit. pulsum Romani persequuntur; et alia Romana acies audacia regis accensa fundit Sabinos. [10] Mettius in paludem sese strepitu sequentium trepidante equo coniecit; averteratque ea res etiam Sabinos tanti periculo viri. et ille quidem adnuentibus ac vocantibus suis favore multorum addito animo evadit: Romani Sabinique in media convalle duorum montium redintegrant proelium. sed res Romana erat superior.

1 A.U.C. 1-37

2 ueluti BR: uelutis M? P?: uelut si M1ς ueluti si ω.

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