ἱστορίαι Historiai
Liv. 1.10 The History of Rome, Livy; served verbatim
The .First Ways.--The feelings of the abducted maidens were now pretty completely appeased, but not spa those, of their raarents. Thev went about in mourninLr ararb. and tried, by their 苍,,1‘·,0,,.“‘. tearmi complainis to rouse rneir countrymen To action. Nor did they confine their remonstrances to their own cities; thcy flocked from all sides to Titus Tatius the king of the abines and sent formal deputations to hire, for his was the most influential name. in those parts· The,people of Caenina, Crustumerium, and Antemnoe were the greatest sufferers;they thought Tatius and hiss abines were too slow in movIngj so these three cities prepared to make war conjointly. Such, however, were the i钾atience and anger呼n.e of the "aeninen suns 切at even the Urusturnznans andAntemnates did not displ enough energy for them, so,the men of Caenina made an at to ck U. P 0 Roman territory on their own account. Whilst they Were scattered far and wide, pillaging and destroying, Romulus ca功e upon them with an army, and after a brief encounter tau ght them that anger is futile without strength. He put them to a hasty., flight, and following. them up, killed their, king and1 .1 1 7 . 1 , . 7 r . 1 . . 1 "1 1 ti aespollea nxs aoay;then after slaying their leader rook their city at the first assault.典was no less anxious to display his achievements than he had been. great in performing them, so. 户。,,.,二:.一,一,二,“_J after ieaamg nzs victorious army home, ne mountecx to the Capitol with the spoils of his dead foe borne before him a frame constructed for the pu rpose. He hung them there an oak,which the shepherds to oked upon as a sacred tree,; at the same time marked, out the site. for the temple of, Jupiter,w 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 .. .. 1 . 1 ,. "I 1 . and a件aressi开凡to民god ay a只e叹t1tle, uzt弓r罕a℃9“roll吧Ing 势誉catsgn:”)upiterr刃eretrius‘tri宁se armsw .平en xro乎a ki玲 a., .Komuius a rung ana conqueror, prang do cnee, ana on this domain, whose bounds工have in will and purpose dedicate a temple to receive the‘spolia opima’which following my example shall bear hither, taken froze and generals of our. foes slain in battle."…。_._ 6uch was the origin of the first temple dedicated in Rome. And the gods decreed that though its founder did not utter words in declaring that posterity would thither bear their spo ;占几.口,.J 广﹄.乍上,J...叭Jp, f月.‘叨..占﹃︺|r吸、 臼卜UD习八妇‘丫击 ﹄J砂毛护,产比.胜‘ stall the splendour of that offering should not be dimmed the number of those who have rivalled his achievement. after so many years have elapsed and so many wars been waged, only twice have the“spolia opima”been offered .5 So seldom has Fortune granted that glory to men.

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Filed here — the addresses this episode attests; counted by the house’s first pass
Caenina — a candidate entry Romulus — a life Tatius — a life

The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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