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12. dictator etsi maiorem dimicationem propositam domi quam foris cernebat, tamen, seu quia celeritate ad bellum opus erat, seu victoria triumphoque dictaturae ipsi vires se additurum ratus, dilectu habito in agrum Pomptinum, quo a Volscis exercitum inductum1 audierat, pergit.

[2] non dubito, praeter satietatem tot iam libris [p. 234] adsidua bella cum Volscis gesta legentibus illud2 quoque succursurum, quod mihi percensenti propiores temporibus harum rerum auctores miraculo fuit, unde totiens victis Volscis et Aequis suffecerint milites. [3] quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissum sit, cuius tandem ego rei praeter opinionem, quae sua cuique coniectanti esse potest, auctor sim? [4] simile veri est aut intervallis bellorum, sicut nunc in dilectibus fit Romanis, alia atque alia subole iuniorum ad bella instauranda totiens usos esse, aut non ex iisdem semper populis exercitus scriptos, quamquam eadem semper gens bellum intulerit, [5?] aut innumerabilem multitudinem liberorum capitum in eis fuisse locis quae nunc vix seminario exiguo militum relicto servitia Romana ab solitudine vindicant. [6] ingens certe, quod inter omnes auctores conveniat, quamquam nuper Camilli ductu atque auspicio accisae res erant, Volscorum exercitus fuit; ad hoc Latini Hernicique accesserant et Circeiensium quidam et coloni etiam a Velitris Romani.

[7] dictator castris eo die positis, postero cum auspicato prodisset hostiaque caesa pacem deum adorasset, laetus ad milites iam arma ad propositum pugnae signum, sicut edictum erat, luce prima capientes processit. [8] “nostra victoria est, milites,” inquit, [p. 236] “si quid di vatesque eorum in futurum vident.3 itaque, ut decet certae spei plenos et cum imparibus manus conserturos, pilis ante pedes positis gladiis tantum dextras armemus. ne procurri quidem ab acie velim, sed obnixos vos stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere. [9] ubi illi vana iniecerint missilia et effusi stantibus vobis se intulerint, tum micent gladii et veniat in mentem unicuique deos esse qui Romanum adiuvent, deos qui secundis avibus in proelium miserint. [10] tu T. Quincti, equitem intentus ad primum initium moti certaminis teneas; ubi haerere iam aciem conlato pede videris, tum terrorem equestrem occupatis alio pavore infer invectusque ordines pugnantium dissipa.” [11] sic eques, sic pedes, ut praeceperat, pugnant; nec dux legiones nec fortuna fefellit ducem.

1 inductum F2U: indictum (inditum A) ω: induci indictum MA2: indictum induci OE: induci P3 (margin).

2 A.U.C. 369

3 A.U.C. 369

Livy. Books V, VI and VII With An English Translation. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924: no copyright notice.

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