§1.10.1iam admodum mitigati animi raptis erant; at raptarum parentes tum maxime sordida veste lacrimisque et querellis civitates concitabant. nec domi tantum indignationes continebant, sed congregabantur undique ad T. Tatium, regem Sabinorum, et legationes eo, quod maximum Tatii nomen in iis regionibus erat, conveniebant.
Now the minds of the abducted women were already quite softened; but the parents of the abducted women were then especially, with mourning garb and tears and complaints, stirring up the states. Nor did they contain their indignation only at home, but they gathered from all sides to T. Tatius, the king of the Sabines, and embassies assembled there, because Tatius's name was the greatest in those regions. Nor did they contain their indignation only at home, but they gathered from all sides to T. Tatius, the king of the Sabines, and embassies assembled there, because Tatius's name was the greatest in those regions. Now the minds of the abducted women were already quite softened; but the parents of the abducted women were then especially, with mourning garb and tears and complaints, stirring up the states. Nor did they contain their indignation only at home, but they gathered from all sides to T. Tatius, the king of the Sabines, and embassies assembled there, because Tatius's name was the greatest in those regions.
§1.10.2Caeninenses Crustuminique et Antemnates erant, ad quos eius iniuriae pars pertinebat. lente agere his Tatius Sabinique visi sunt; ipsi inter se tres populi communiter bellum parant.
These were the Caeninenses, Crustumini, and Antemnates, to whom a part of that injury belonged. To these, Tatius and the Sabines seemed to act too slowly; by themselves, these three peoples prepare war in common. These were the Caeninenses, Crustumini, and Antemnates, to whom a part of that injury belonged. To these, Tatius and the Sabines seemed to act too slowly; by themselves, these three peoples prepare war in common.
§1.10.3ne Crustumini quidem atque Antemnates pro ardore iraque Caeninensium satis se inpigre movent; ita per se ipsum nomen Caeninum in agrum Romanum impetum facit.
Not even the Crustumini and Antemnates moved actively enough to match the heat and anger of the Caeninenses; thus the Caeninian name by itself made an incursion into Roman territory.
§1.10.4sed effuse vastantibus fit obvius cum exercitu Romulus levique certamine docet vanam sine viribus iram esse. exercitum fundit fugatque, fusum persequitur; regem in proelio obtruncat et spoliat; duce hostium occiso urbem primo impetu capit.
But as they were devastating far and wide, Romulus met them with an army, and in a light combat showed that anger without strength is vain. He routed and put to flight their army, and pursued them routed; he slew and despoils their king in battle; having slain the leader of the enemy, he took their city at the first assault. But as they were devastating far and wide, Romulus met them with an army, and in a light combat showed that anger without strength is vain. He routed and put to flight their army, and pursued them routed; he slew and despoils their king in battle; having slain the leader of the enemy, he took their city at the first assault.
§1.10.5inde exercitu victore reducto ipse, cum factis vir magnificus tum factorum ostentator haud minor, spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens in Capitolium escendit ibique ea cum ad quercum pastoribus sacram deposuisset, simul cum dono designavit templo Iovis finis cognomenque addidit deo.
Then, having led back the victorious army, he himself, a man magnificent in deeds and no less a displayer of his deeds, carrying the spoils of the slain enemy leader suspended on a frame constructed suitably for that purpose, ascended the Capitol, and there, when he had deposited them at an oak sacred to shepherds, at the same time with the gift he designated the boundaries for a temple of Jupiter and added a cognomen to the god. Then, having led back the victorious army, he himself, a man magnificent in deeds and no less a displayer of his deeds, carrying the spoils of the slain enemy leader suspended on a frame constructed suitably for that purpose, ascended the Capitol. There, when he had deposited them at an oak sacred to shepherds, at the same time with the gift he designated the boundaries for a temple of Jupiter and added a cognomen to the god.
§1.10.6“Iuppiter Feretri” inquit, “haec tibi victor Romulus rex regia arma fero templumque his regionibus, quas modo animo metatus sum, dedico, sedem opimis spoliis, quae regibus ducibusque hostium caesis me auctorem sequentes posteri ferent. ” §1.10.7haec templi est origo, quod primum omnium Romae sacratum est. ita deinde diis visum, nec inritam conditoris templi vocem esse, qua laturos eo spolia posteros nuncupavit, nec multitudine conpotum eius doni vulgari laudem. bina postea inter tot annos, tot bella opima parta sunt spolia; adeo rara eius fortuna decoris fuit.
“Jupiter Feretrius,” he said, “I, the victor King Romulus, bring these royal arms to you, and dedicate a temple in these regions which I have just now measured out in mind, as a seat for the supreme spoils, which, following me as their leader, posterity will bring when kings and leaders of the enemy are slain.” This is the origin of the temple, which was the first of all to be consecrated at Rome. Thus it pleased the gods thereafter, that neither the word of the founder of the temple, by which he declared that posterity would bring spoils there, should be in vain, nor that the glory of that gift should be made common by a multitude of those sharing it. Only twice afterwards, among so many years and so many wars, were supreme spoils won; so rare was the fortune of that honor. This is the origin of the temple, which was the first of all to be consecrated at Rome. Thus it pleased the gods thereafter, that neither the word of the founder of the temple, by which he declared that posterity would bring spoils there, should be in vain, nor that the glory of that gift should be made common by a multitude of those sharing it. Only twice afterwards, among so many years and so many wars, were supreme spoils won; so rare was the fortune of that honor.