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5. de bonis regiis, quae reddi ante censuerant, res integra refertur ad patres. ii victi ira vetuere reddi, vetuere in publicum redigi: [2] diripienda plebi sunt data, ut contacta regia praeda spem in perpetuum cum iis pacis amitteret. ager Tarquiniorum, qui inter urbem ac Tiberim fuit, consecratus Marti Martius deinde campus fuit. [3] forte ibi tum seges farris dicitur fuisse matura messi. quem campi fructum quia religiosum erat consumere, desectam cum stramento segetem magna vis hominum simul inmissi corbibus fudere in Tiberim tenui fluentem aqua, ut mediis caloribus solet. [4] ita in vadis haesitantis frumenti acervos sedisse inlitos limo; insulam inde paulatim et aliis, quae fert temere [p. 75] flumen, eodem invectis factam. postea credo additas moles manuque adiutum, ut iam eminens area firmaque templis quoque ac porticibus sustinendis esset.

[5] direptis bonis regum damnati proditores sumptumque supplicium, conspectius eo, quod poenae capiendae ministerium patri de liberis consulatus inposuit, et, qui spectator erat amovendus, eum ipsum fortuna exactorem supplicii dedit. [6] stabant deligati ad palum nobilissimi iuvenes; sed a ceteris, velut ab ignotis capitibus, consulis liberi omnium in se averterant oculos, miserebatque non poenae magis homines quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent: [7] illos eo potissimum anno patriam liberatam, patrem liberatorem, consulatum ortum ex domo Iunia, patres, plebem, quidquid deorum hominumque Romanorum esset, induxisse in animum, ut superbo quondam regi, tum infesto exuli proderent. [8] consules in sedem processere suam, missique lictores ad sumendum supplicium. nudatos virgis caedunt securique feriunt, cum inter omne tempus pater vultusque et os eius spectaculo esset eminente animo patrio inter publicae poenae ministerium.

[9] secundum poenam nocentium, ut in utramque partem arcendis sceleribus exemplum nobile esset, praemium indici pecunia ex aerario, libertas et civitas data. ille primum dicitur vindicta liberatus. [10] quidam vindictae quoque nomen tractum ab illo putant; Vindicio ipsi nomen fuisse. post illum observatum, ut, qui ita liberati essent, in civitatem accepti viderentur.

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 31.8
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 32.33
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34, commentary, 34.22
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44, commentary, 43.11
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