ἱστορίαι Historiai
Liv. 4.19 The History of Rome, Livy; served verbatim
SO prolonaled the contest. }[' Y Y Y T I"7"17·」,___,_ X12L I nere was in the cavalry, on, that day. a militarv 、,‘,‘,,J tribune named A. Cornelius Cossus a remarx.amy nanasome man, and equally distinguished for strength and courage, and proud. of his family name, which, illustrious as, it was when inheritea it, was renaerea still more so wnen ne lext it to r)osteritv. When he saw the Roman squadrons shaken by the repeatea cnarges or i muninius in wnatever airectxon ne rode, and recognised him as he aallwed alonz the entire line, conspicuous in his royal. habiliments、he exclaimed、“Is this the breaxer ox treaties oetween man ana man, the violator ot the law of nations?If it is the will. of heaven that anything holy should exist on earth, I will slay this man and offer him 'T'he GrowingP owes- of the Plebs 2斗了 as a sacrifice to仇e manes of the murdered envo YS. " Putting spurs to his horse he charged with levelled single foe, and having struck and unhorsed him, he leaped 诫th the aid of his spear to the ground.:As the king。 wasr, attempting to rise he pushed ,h;rn bark with the Doss or nzs 5抓eld,andwith repeated sp shield, and ear-thrusts ;pinned him to the earth:' Then he despoiled the lifel ess body, and cutting off his head stuck it on his spear, and cars娇ng it in triumph routed the who were panic-struck at the king's death: So the cavalry, who had alone made the issue of the contest now shared in the general rout. The Dictator hotly A ursued the flying legions and drove them to their camp with great slauffnter. Most of the 141ctenates. who were familiar with the country, escaped to the hills。Cossus with the caval ry crossed the Tiber and brought to the City an enormous amount of booty from the country of the Veientines. During the battle there was als o an engagement at the Roman camp with the detachment which as already stated, Tolumnius had sent to attack it. Fabius Vibulanus at firs七confined himself to the defence of the circuit of his lines;then, while the enemy's attention was wholly directed to forcing the stockade, he made a sortie from the Porta Princ护aZis”on the right, and this unexpected attack produced such consternation among the enemy, that though there were fewer killed, owing to the smaller number engaged, the flight was just as disorderly as in the main battle.

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Filed here — the addresses this episode attests; counted by the house’s first pass
Cossus — a candidate entry Dictator — a candidate entry Tiber — a candidate entry

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