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3. nec tamen ludorum primum initium1 procurandis religionibus datum aut religione animos aut corpora morbis levavit; [2] quin etiam, cum medios forte ludos circus Tiberi superfuso inrigatus impedisset, id vero, velut aversis iam dis aspernantibusque placamina irae, terrorem ingentem fecit. [3] itaque Cn.2 Genucio L. Aemilio Mamerco3 iterum consulibus, cum piaculorum magis conquisitio animos quam corpora morbi adficerent, repetitum ex seniorum memoria dicitur pestilentiam quondam clavo ab dictatore fixo sedatam. [4] ea religione adductus senatus dictatorem clavi figendi causa dici iussit; dictus L. Manlius Imperiosus L. Pinarium magistrum equitum dixit.

[5] lex vetusta est, priscis litteris verbisque scripta, ut qui praetor maximus sit idibus Septembribus clavum pangat; fixa fuit dextro lateri aedis Iovis optimi maximi, qua parte4 Minervae templum est. [6] eum clavum, quia rarae per ea tempora litterae erant, notam numeri annorum fuisse ferunt eoque Minervae templo dicatam legem quia numerus [p. 366] Minervae inventum sit. [7] —Volsiniis quoque clavos5 indices numeri annorum fixos in templo Nortiae, Etruscae deae, comparere diligens talium monumentorum auctor Cincius adfirmat. [8] —M. Horatius consul ea lege templum6 iovis optimi maximi dedicavit anno post reges exactos; a consulibus postea ad dictatores, quia maius imperium erat, sollemne clavi figendi translatum est. intermisso deinde more digna etiam per se visa res propter quam dictator crearetur. [9] qua de causa creatus L. Manlius, perinde ac rei gerendae ac non solvendae religionis gratia creatus esset, bellum Hernicum adfectans dilectu acerbo iuventutem agitavit; tandemque omnibus in eum tribunis plebis coortis seu vi seu verecundia victus dictatura abiit.

1 A.U.C. 391

2 Cn. Sigonius (cf Diod. xvi. ii. 1, C.I.L. i2, p. 126): C ω. Claudio O

3 Mamerco ω (cf. chap. i. § 2): Mamercino pighius (Diod. omits the cognomen here).

4 qua parte (Walters in his note): .ea. qua parte H: ea qua parte ω: ea parte qua U: ex qua parte Gronovius.

5 A.U.C. 391

6 ea lege templum H. J. Mueller, Luterbacher (C.I.L. iii. 1933): ex lege templum ω: et legem et templum Madvig.

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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