§2.1Κοΐντῳ Σερτωρίῳ γένος ἦν οὐκ ἀσημότατον ἐν πόλει Νούρσοις τῆς Σαβίνων τραφεὶς δὲ κοσμίως ὑπὸ μητρὶ χήρᾳ πατρὸς ὀρφανός ὑπερφυῶς δοκεῖ φιλομήτωρ γενέσθαι, ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς Ῥέαν λέγουσιν.
Quintus Sertorius belonged to a family that was not undistinguished in the city of Nursia in the Sabine territory. Having been brought up decorously by his widowed mother, being orphaned of his father, he seems to have been extraordinarily devoted to his mother; they say the name of his mother was Rhea.
ἤσκητο μὲν οὖν καί περὶ δίκας ἱκανῶς, καί τινα καί δύναμιν ἐν τῇ πόλει μειράκιον ὢν ἀπὸ τοῦ λέγειν ἔσχεν αἱ δὲ περὶ τὰ στρατιωτικὰ λαμπρότητες αὐτοῦ καί κατορθώσεις ἐνταῦθα τὴν φιλοτιμίαν μετέστησαν.
Now he had been sufficiently trained also in pleading law-cases, and while still a youth obtained some influence in the city from his speaking; but his brilliant achievements and successes in military affairs transferred his ambition thither.