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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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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-28
Rome rejoices at the news of the fall of Veii, and Camillus celebrates a magnificent triumph using white horses, which is seen as arrogant. He demands that the people return part of their booty to fulfill his vow to Apollo, causing resentment among the plebeians, while peace is granted to the Volscians and Aequi.
Romam ut nuntiatum est Veios captos, quamquam et prodigia procurata fuerant et vatum responsa et Pythicae sortes notae et, quantum humanis adiuvari consiliis potuerat res, ducem M. Furium maximum imperatorum omnium legerant, tamen, quia tot annis varie ibi bellatum erat multaeque clades acceptae, velut ex insperato inmensum gaudium fuit et, priusquam senatus decerneret, plena omnia templa Romanarum matrum grates dis agentium erant. senatus in quadriduum, quot dierum nullo ante bello,1 supplicationes decernit.
When it was announced at Rome that Veii had been captured, although both prodigies had been expiated and the responses of the prophets and the Pythian oracles were known, and as far as the matter could be aided by human counsels, they had chosen Marcus Furius, the greatest of all generals, as leader, nevertheless, because they had fought there for so many years with varying fortune and many disasters had been sustained, there was immense joy as if from something unhoped for, and, before the senate could pass a decree, all the temples were full of Roman mothers offering thanks to the gods. The senate decreed supplications for four days, a number of days in no previous war.
adventus quoque dictatoris omnibus ordinibus obviam effusis celebratior quam ullius umquam antea fuit, triumphusque omnem consuetum honorandi diei illius modum aliquantum excessit.
The arrival of the dictator too, with all classes pouring out to meet him, was celebrated more than that of anyone ever before, and his triumph went considerably beyond all the customary measure of honoring that day.
maxime conspectus ipse est curru equis albis iuncto urbem invectus; parumque id non civile modo, sed humanum etiam visum.2
Most of all, he himself was gazed upon as he entered the city in a chariot drawn by white horses; and this seemed not only unbefitting a citizen, but even more than human.
Iovis Solisque equis aequiperatum dictatorem in religionem etiam trahebant, triumphusque ob eam unam maxime rem clarior quam gratior fuit.
They even interpreted the dictator’s being made equal to the horses of Jupiter and Sol as a matter of religious offense, and the triumph, chiefly for this one reason, was more spectacular than pleasing.
tum Iunoni reginae templum in Aventino locavit dedicavitque Matutae matris; atque his divinis humanisque rebus gestis dictatura se abdicavit. agi deinde de Apollinis dono coeptum.
Then he contracted for a temple to Queen Juno on the Aventine, and dedicated that of Mother Matuta; and having performed these divine and human duties, he resigned his dictatorship. Then they began to discuss the gift to Apollo.
cui se decumam vovisse praedae partem cum diceret Camillus, pontifices solvendum religione populum censerent,3 haud facile inibatur ratio iubendi referre praedam populum, ut ex ea pars debita in sacrum secerneretur.
When Camillus said that he had vowed a tenth part of the spoil to him, and the pontiffs decided that the people must be freed from their religious obligation, it was not easy to find a method of ordering the people to return the booty so that the due portion might be set aside for sacred purposes from it.
tandem eo, quod lenissimum videbatur, decursum est, ut, qui se domumque religione exsolvere vellet, cum sibimet ipse praedam aestumasset suam, decumae pretium partis in publicum deferret, ut ex eo donum aureum, dignum amplitudine templi ac numine dei, ex dignitate populi Romani fieret. ea quoque conlatio plebis animos a Camillo alienavit. inter haec pacificatum4 legati a Volscis et Aequis venerunt, inpetrataque pax, magis ut fessa tam diutino bello adquiesceret civitas, quam quod digni peterent.
At length, recourse was had to what seemed the mildest plan: that whoever wished to clear himself and his house of the religious obligation should himself value his own booty and bring the price of the tenth part into the public treasury, so that from it a golden gift, worthy of the grandeur of the temple and the majesty of the god, might be made in keeping with the dignity of the Roman people. This contribution also alienated the minds of the plebeians from Camillus. Meanwhile, ambassadors from the Volscians and Aequi came to sue for peace, and peace was granted, more so that the state, weary from so long a war, might rest, than because those who sought it were worthy of it.
- 5.23.3quot dierum nullo ante bello
The genitive of quality dierum, modified by quot, indicates the duration of the preceding supplicationes. It stands in an elliptical structure (such as supplicationes decretae erant). nullo ante bello is an ablative absolute meaning 'with no previous war having seen such (a number of days).'
- 5.23.5parumque id non civile modo, sed humanum etiam visum
The verb est is omitted from visum [est]. The semi-negative adverb parum (hardly, too little) modifies the entire phrase non civile modo, sed humanum etiam, meaning 'it seemed hardly fitting for a citizen, and indeed beyond what is human (mortal).'
- 5.23.8solvendum religione populum censerent
An accusative with infinitive construction governed by censerent, with the gerundive solvendum [esse]. religione is an ablative of separation dependent on solvere. It means 'they resolved that the people must be released from their religious obligation (by paying the tithe).'
- 5.23.11pacificatum
The accusative supine (supine of purpose) of the verb pacifico. It is used in connection with the verb of motion venerunt in §5.23.12 to express purpose: 'they came to sue for peace.'