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- Titi Livi ab urbe condita libri editionem priman, Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.
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After a sudden Sabine raid is swiftly repelled within a single night, the Auruncans declare war on Rome, but the Roman forces quickly defeat them in a single battle near Aricia.
confestim et Sabini Romanos territavere; tumultus enim fuit verius quam bellum. nocte in urbem nuntiatum est exercitum Sabinum praedabundum ad Anienem amnem pervenisse; ibi passim diripi atque incendi1 villas.
Immediately the Sabines also terrified the Romans; for it was more truly a tumult than a war. At night it was reported in the city that the Sabine army, bent on plunder, had reached the river Anio; and that there, villas were being plundered and set on fire in every direction.
missus extemplo eo cum omnibus copiis equitum A. Postumius, qui dictator bello Latino fuerat; secutus consul Servilius cum delecta peditum manu.
Aulus Postumius, who had been dictator in the Latin war, was immediately dispatched thither with all the forces of cavalry; the consul Servilius followed with a chosen body of infantry.
plerosque palantes eques circumvenit, nec advenienti peditum agmini restitit Sabina legio; fessi cum itinere tum populatione nocturna, magna pars in villis repleti2 cibo vinoque, vix fugae quod satis esset virium habuere.
The cavalry surrounded most of those who were straggling, nor did the Sabine legion resist the arriving column of infantry; exhausted both by their march and by their nightly plundering, and a great part of them having filled themselves with food and wine in the villas, they had scarcely enough strength left for flight.
nocte una audito perfectoque bello Sabino postero die in magna iam spe undique partae pacis legati Aurunci senatum adeunt, ni decedatur3 Volsco agro, bellum indicentes.
The Sabine war having been heard of and finished in a single night, on the following day, when there was already great hope of peace obtained on all sides, the Auruncan ambassadors approached the senate, declaring war unless there should be a withdrawal from the Volscian territory.
cum legatis simul exercitus Auruncorum domo profectus erat; cuius fama haud procul iam ab Aricia visi4 tanto tumultu concivit Romanos, ut nec consuli ordine patres nec pacatum responsum arma inferentibus arma ipsi capientes dare possent. Ariciam infesto agmine itur,5 nec procul inde cum Auruncis signa conlata proelioque uno debellatum est.6
At the same time as the ambassadors, the army of the Auruncans had set out from home; the report of which, as it was seen not far from Aricia, threw the Romans into such a tumult that the senators could neither consult in an orderly manner, nor, taking up arms themselves, give a peaceful answer to those who were bringing war. They marched towards Aricia in a hostile column, and not far from there they joined battle with the Auruncans, and the war was finished in a single engagement.
- 2.26.1diripi atque incendi
These are not historical infinitives, but rather present passive infinitives in the indirect discourse (Accusativus cum Infinitivo) introduced by the impersonal passive verb nuntiatur (or nuntiatum est), with the accusative subject villas.
- 2.26.3repleti
An example of constructio ad sensum (construction according to sense); the perfect participle is masculine plural, agreeing with the logical plural subject (the Sabines) rather than the singular feminine collective noun magna pars.
- 2.26.4ni decedatur
The present subjunctive of the impersonal passive of decedere, meaning "unless there should be a withdrawal (by the Romans)." It takes the subjunctive as a conditional clause within the indirect discourse introduced by the present participle indicentes.
- 2.26.5cuius fama haud procul iam ab Aricia visi
The relative genitive cuius (relative connection) refers to the preceding exercitus. The perfect participle visi (genitive singular masculine) agrees with exercitus and is modified by haud procul iam ab Aricia, meaning "the rumor of which [army], having been seen already not far from Aricia."
- 2.26.5itur
The impersonal passive of the intransitive verb ire (to go). It expresses the action itself without specifying a subject, meaning "they marched" or "a march was made." The accusative Ariciam denotes the direction or destination of movement.
- 2.26.6debellatum est
The perfect passive impersonal construction of debellare (to bring a war to an end), meaning "the war was brought to an end" or "the fighting was finished." It describes the completion of the war as a whole through a single battle, without a specific subject.
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