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THE messengers of victory, Quintus Fabius,1 Lucius Lentulus, and Quintus Metellus, summoned up the
[2??]
utmost possible speed and quickly arrived in Rome.
[3]
Yet they found that the joy of their announcement had been anticipated.
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On the third day2
1 B.C. 168
2 As the battle took place on Sept. 4, Livy thinks of these games as occurring on Sept. [5] 7 by the then calendar (actually June 25, see above, pp. [6] 87-89). It is not possible to establish exactly for this period the date of the Roman Games mentioned below; [7] in the time of Augustus, they extended from Sept. 4 to Sept. [8] 19, but were probably extended as time went on. [9] The story of the mysterious announcement is told also by Plutarch, Aemilius xxiv, who agrees with Livy [10??] in eliminating the gods from direct action on this occasion; [11] according to Cicero, N.D.
Livy. Books XLIII-XLV With An English Translation. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1951: published without copyright notice.
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