ἱστορίαι Historiai
Liv. 5.55 The History of Rome, Livy; served verbatim
The People begin to rebuild Rome.--Zt is stated that this speech of Camillus made a profound impression,narticularly that part of it which appealed to the relizious feeiinas.But whilst the issue was still uncertain, a sentence, opportunely uttered,, decided the matter. The senate, shortly afterwards, were discussing the question in the Curia Hostilia, and some cohorts retu rning from guard happened to be marching through the Forum The had just entered the Comitium, when the enturion shouted,‘ ‘Halt. standard-bearer!Plant the standard: r + it will be best for us to stop here." On hearing these words, the senators rushed out of the Senate-house, exclaiming that they welcomed the omen, and the people crowding round the an emphatic approval. The proposed measure for migration was dropped, and they began to‘ rebuil呼the City in a haphazard,. way,上1l1n2r was Drovxaea at the Du one exuense:every one _‘,,丫,,份,.,二、,,,占,l,,‘ was given ine rignt to cut stone ana timoer wnere ne pieasea, after giving within the year. In their haste, they took no trouble to plan out straight streets;as all distinctions of ownership in the soil were lost, they built on any around that hamened to be vacant. "That is the reason. why the old sewers, which on-am-ally were carrzen under public ground, now run everywhere under private houses, and why the conformation of the City resembles one built upon妙settlers rather than one, regularly outs

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