ἱστορίαι Historiai
Liv. 1.16 The History of Rome, Livy; served verbatim
Disappearance off' Romulus.---After these immortal achievements,Romulachievements, Rous held nuIUSneulaa review of his army at the “Caprae Palus in the Campus Martius storm suddenly that he was Romulus was no longer seen on earth. When the fears of the Roman youth were allayed by the return, of bright, calm sunshi ne after such fearful weather. they saw that the royal seat r was vacant. Whilst they fully believed the assertion of the senators, who had been standing dose to him,, that he had beenY w .. . , ..'f w "w w w 于naZcne任卿ay to锣av哭沙a whlrlwl叫,still,’咚e men su叩卯ly Dereavea, iceA A 7 .,叮and grief kept, them, for so哪time speechless.Y Y , At length, after a few had taken the initiative, the whole of those present hailed Romulus as“a god, the son of a god, the King. and_,} -、Father of the City of Ror " w呼·”Theyw,、put up sup-. y w . plications for bis Grace and favour, and pravea that he would ,晰几J尹J‘勺护 be propitious to children and save and protect them. f believe ,however, that even then there were some who secretly r,砂 hinted that he had been torn limb from limb by the senators-a tradition to this effect, thou沙certainly a very dim one has filtered down to us. The other, which I follow, has been the prevailing one, due, no.doubt, to they , admiration felt for the man and the apprehensions excited gay nis disappearance. This genera lly accepted belief was strengthened by one man's clever device. The tradition runs that Proculus Tulius, a man J I whose authority had weight in natters of even the g SO 于L上T占 importance, seeing how deeply the community felt the loss the king, and how incensed they were against the senato rs, came forward into the assembly and said: “Quirites!at bre ak of dawn, to-day, the Father of this City suddenly descended from heaven and app eared to me. Whilst, thrilled with awe I stood rapt before him in deepest reverence, Dravina that I MIZnt tae Darcionea for gazinLy upon DIM,’切0,’saia ne,’ten the Romans that it is the will of heaven that my Rome should be the head of all the world. Let them henceforth cultivate the arts of war, 'and let them know assuredly, and hand down the knowledge to nosteritv. that no human might can withstand the arms of Rome."' It is marvellous what credit was given to this man's story, and how the grief of the people and the army was soothed by the belief which. had been created in the immortality of Romulus.

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