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Item, cum bello acri et diutino Veientes a Romanis intra moenia conpulsi capi non possent, eaque mora non minus obsidentibus quam obsessis intolerabilis uideretur, exoptatae uictoriae iter miro prodigio di inmortales patefecerunt: subito enim Albanus lacus neque caelestibus auctus imbribus neque inundatione ullius amnis adiutus solitum stagni modum excessit. cuius rei explorandae gratia legati ad Delphicum oraculum missi rettulerunt praecipi sortibus ut aquam eius lacus emissam per agros diffunderent: sic enim Veios uenturos in potestatem populi Romani. quod prius quam legati renuntiarent, aruspex Veientium a milite nostro, quia domestici interpretes deerant, raptus et in castra perlatus futurum dixerat. ergo senatus duplici praedictione monitus eodem paene tempore et religioni paruit et hostium urbe potitus est.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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