Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
Selections from Roman History

SCiCOlsUliS ltUM kUtiidu iAsStUt
Literal Translation from Eutropius
by c. MacLcar, Ph. d. Ccnsuls and
War with Tarquin, Etc, Etc.
(Continued)
In the eighteenth year after the
expulsion OF the kings, Quintus Marcus.
that leader OF the Romans who hail cap
tured Corioli, city Of the Volscians,
having been banished from the city,
(impelled by) anger set cut in haste to
those very Volscians, and accepted the
command of auxiliary forces against the
Romans. (Oncs) he came to within Eve
miles of the city, and, scornfully dismiss
ing the messengers, who kept begging
fer peace, would have attacked l,ls own
home had not his mother. Venturis. and
his wife. Vslumnia, come from the city;
and, overcome by their weeping and
pleading, he withdrew his army. He
was the second who became a leader
against his own country. Tsrquinius be-
ing the FIRST
In the ccnsulships Of Caius Fabius and
Lucius Virginius three hundred notable
men, who were Of the Fabian family, un-
dertoek alone the war against the Veieh-
tes, promising the senate and the people
that the whole contest would be finished
by themselves. They accordingly set
out, all men sf note who should, esch of
them. be generals Of large armies, [but]
they fell in the contest. or the once
large and powerful family only one, who
could not, on account of his boyish age,
be led to battle, survived. After this an
enrolment was held in the city, and OF
citizens there were found one hundred
ard seventeen Thousand, three hundred
and nineteen souls Tilt. hsad~].
In the following year, when The Roman
army was hemmed in On Mount Algidus,
nearly twelve miles from the city. Lucius
Quintns Cincinnatus, who was cultivat-
ing with his own hands farm of four
acres which he owned, was made dicta-
tor. He was at work blowing, when
found; and, wiping off the sweat, he ac-
accepted the purple-bordered robe and
set the army free from the enemy.
In the three hundred and second year
after the founding of the city the consul
lar governnent ceased; and, instead OF
two consuls, ten [men], called the de-
cemvirate, who had sovereign authority,
were elected. But while they did well
the first year, in the second one of them,
. Appius Claudius, planned TO dishonor q
: maiden. the daughter of a certain \.Vir-
! ginius, who had already waged war OH
= Mount Algidus, for honorable pay against
, the Latins; but, in order that she might
! not suffer shame at the hands Of the de.
ccm virate, her father slew her; and, re-
:; turning to the soldiers, excited an upris
: ing. The sovereign authority was taken
! from the decemvirs, and they themselves
> were condemned.
Then, after twenty wears, the Veientes
Q again offered fight. Furius Camilus, the
. dictator. who first conquered them in
. battle, was sent against them. After
t having beseiged it for some time he took
i. their city-the most, ancient and mosl
wealthy in Italy. He also after this took
Fsiisci-a city not less notable. But Ill
will was excited against him, as if he had
! divided the spoils of war unfairly. For
this cause he was both condemned and
expelled from the city.
Forthwith the Senenes of Transalpine
B Gaul came against the city, and after con
; quering and chasing the Romans at the
river Ala, eleven miles from Rome, they
f even made themselves masters of the
, city. And nothing could be defended
? except the Capitol. Now, since they had
continued the siege fer long time, and
the Romans were already in distress
from hunger, having even recsived gold
that they shsuld not besiegs the Capitol
they withdrew; but a sudden attack by
Camillus, who was in exile in q neigh
boring town, surprised the Gauls, and
.fthsy were NEST severely conquered.
Moreover, afterward Oamillus pursued
and SO conquered them that he recovered
both the gold which had been given to
them, aud all the military symbols
, which they had captured. So for the
, third time he entered the city celebrating
Ea triumph, and was called Rsmulus the
, second, as if he, too, had been the
! founder Of q fatherland.
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