§1.7.1priori Remo augurium venisse fertur, sex vultures, iamque nuntiato augurio cum duplex numerus Romulo se ostendisset, utrumque regem sua multitudo consalutaverat: tempore illi praecepto, at hi numero avium regnum trahebant.
It is said that an augury came to Remus first, six vultures, and when, the augury having already been announced, double the number had shown itself to Romulus, each multitude had saluted its own leader as king: the former claimed the kingdom by priority of time, the latter by the number of birds.
§1.7.2inde cum altercatione congressi certamine irarum ad caedem vertuntur; ibi in turba ictus Remus cecidit. vulgatior fama est ludibrio fratris Remum novos transiluisse muros; inde ab irato Romulo, cum verbis quoque increpitans adiecisset “sic deinde, quicumque alius transiliet moenia mea,” interfectum. §1.7.3ita solus potitus imperio Romulus; condita urbs conditoris nomine appellata.
Then, having clashed in an altercation, they turned from a conflict of anger to slaughter; there in the crowd Remus fell, having been struck. A more common rumor is that Remus, in mockery of his brother, leaped over the new walls; thence he was killed by the angry Romulus, when he had also added with chiding words, "So hereafter, whoever else shall leap over my walls." Then, having clashed in an altercation, they turned from a conflict of anger to slaughter; there in the crowd Remus fell, having been struck. A more common rumor is that Remus, in mockery of his brother, leaped over the new walls; thence he was killed by the angry Romulus, when he had also added with chiding words, "So hereafter, whoever else shall leap over my walls." Thus Romulus alone obtained power; the founded city was called by the name of its founder.
Palatium primum, in quo ipse erat educatus, muniit. sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi, ut ab Euandro instituta erant, facit.
First he fortified the Palatine, on which he himself had been brought up. He performed sacrifices to the other gods according to the Alban rite, but to Greek Hercules, according as they had been established by Evander. Thus Romulus alone obtained power; the founded city was called by the name of its founder. First he fortified the Palatine, on which he himself had been brought up. He performed sacrifices to the other gods according to the Alban rite, but to Greek Hercules, according as they had been established by Evander.
§1.7.4Herculem in ea loca Geryone interempto boves mira specie abegisse memorant ac prope Tiberim fluvium, qua prae se armentum agens nando traiecerat, loco herbido, ut quiete et pabulo laeto reficeret boves, et ipsum fessum via procubuisse.
They relate that Hercules, Geryon having been slain, drove away cattle of marvelous beauty into those places, and near the river Tiber, where, driving the herd before him, he had crossed by swimming, in a grassy place, so that he might refresh the cattle with rest and rich pasture, he himself also, weary from the journey, lay down.
§1.7.5ibi cum eum cibo vinoque gravatum sopor oppressisset, pastor accola eius loci, nomine Cacus, ferox viribus, captus pulchritudine boum cum avertere eam praedam vellet, quia, si agendo armentum in speluncam compulisset, ipsa vestigia quaerentem dominum eo deductura erant, aversos boves, eximium quemque pulchritudine, caudis in speluncam traxit.
There, when sleep had overcome him, heavy with food and wine, a shepherd, a neighbor of that place, named Cacus, fierce in strength, captivated by the beauty of the cattle, when he wished to drive away that booty, because, if by driving the herd forward he had forced them into the cave, the very tracks would have led their searching master there, dragged the cows backwards by their tails into the cave, choosing every outstanding one in beauty.
§1.7.6Hercules ad primam auroram somno excitus cum gregem perlustrasset oculis et partem abesse numero sensisset, pergit ad proximam speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent. quae ubi omnia foras versa vidit nec in partem aliam ferre, confusus atque incertus animi ex loco infesto agere porro armentum occepit.
Hercules, aroused from sleep at the first dawn, when he had surveyed the flock with his eyes and perceived that a part was missing from the number, proceeded to the nearest cave, if by chance the tracks led there. When he saw that these were all turned outwards and did not lead in any other direction, confused and uncertain in mind, he began to drive the herd further from that hostile place. Hercules, aroused from sleep at the first dawn, when he had surveyed the flock with his eyes and perceived that a part was missing from the number, proceeded to the nearest cave, if by chance the tracks led there. When he saw that these were all turned outwards and did not lead in any other direction, confused and uncertain in mind, he began to drive the herd further from that hostile place.
§1.7.7inde cum actae boves quaedam ad desiderium, ut fit, relictarum mugissent, reddita inclusarum ex spelunca boum vox Herculem convertit. quem cum vadentem ad speluncam Cacus vi prohibere conatus esset, ictus clava fidem pastorum nequiquam invocans morte occubuit.
Thence, when some of the driven cows had lowed out of yearning, as happens, for those left behind, the returned voice of the enclosed cows from the cave turned Hercules back. When Cacus tried to prevent him by force as he was going to the cave, struck by a club, calling in vain upon the protection of the shepherds, he fell in death. Thence, when some of the driven cows had lowed out of yearning, as happens, for those left behind, the returned voice of the enclosed cows from the cave turned Hercules back. When Cacus tried to prevent him by force as he was going to the cave, struck by a club, calling in vain upon the protection of the shepherds, he fell in death.
§1.7.8Euander tum ea profugus ex Peloponneso auctoritate magis quam imperio regebat loca, venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum, rei novae inter rudes artium homines, venerabilior divinitate credita Carmentae matris, quam fatiloquam ante Sibyllae in Italiam adventum miratae eae gentes fuerant.
Evander then, a fugitive from the Peloponnese, ruled those places more by authority than by sovereign power, a man venerable for the wonder of letters, a new thing among men rude in arts, and more venerable for the believed divinity of his mother Carmenta, whom those nations had admired as a prophetess before the arrival of the Sibyl in Italy.
§1.7.9is tum Euander concursu pastorum trepidantium circa advenam manifestae reum caedis excitus postquam facinus facinorisque causam audivit, habitum formamque viri aliquantum ampliorem augustioremque humana intuens rogitat, qui vir esset.
This Evander then, aroused by the gathering of the shepherds trembling around the stranger accused of manifest murder, after he heard the deed and the cause of the deed, gazing upon the bearing and stature of the man, somewhat larger and more majestic than human, asked who the man was.
§1.7.10ubi nomen patremque ac patriam accepit, “Iove nate, Hercules, salve” inquit; “te mihi mater, veridica interpres deum, aucturum caelestium numerum cecinit tibique aram hic dicatum iri, quam opulentissima olim in terris gens maximam vocet tuoque ritu colat. ” §1.7.11dextra Hercules data accipere se omen impleturumque fata ara condita ac dicata ait.
When he received the name, father, and country, he said, "Hail, Hercules, son of Jupiter; my mother, the truthful interpreter of the gods, sang to me that you would increase the number of the celestials, and that an altar would be dedicated here to you, which the richest nation on earth would one day call 'Greatest' and worship according to your rite." Hercules, having given his right hand, said that he accepted the omen and would fulfill the fates by building and dedicating the altar. Hercules, having given his right hand, said that he accepted the omen and would fulfill the fates by building and dedicating the altar.
§1.7.12ibi tum primum bove eximia capta de grege sacrum Herculi adhibitis ad ministerium dapemque Potitiis ac Pinariis, quae tum familiae maxime inclitae ea loca incolebant, factum. forte ita evenit,
There, then, for the first time, a sacrifice was made to Hercules, an excellent cow having been taken from the herd, with the Potitii and Pinarii, who then inhabited those places as the most illustrious families, being admitted to the service and the feast. It happened by chance that,
§1.7.13ut Potitii ad tempus praesto essent iisque exta apponerentur, Pinarii extis adesis ad ceteram venirent dapem.
It happened by chance that, the Potitii were present at the proper time and the entrails were served to them, while the Pinarii, the entrails having been consumed, came to the rest of the feast.
inde institutum mansit, donec Pinarium genus fuit, ne extis sollemnium vescerentur.
Thence the custom remained, as long as the Pinarian race existed, that they should not eat of the entrails of the solemn sacrifice.
§1.7.14Potitii ab Euandro edocti antistites sacri eius per multas aetates fuerunt, donec tradito servis publicis sollemni familiae ministerio genus omne Potitiorum interiit.
The Potitii, instructed by Evander, were the priests of this sacrifice through many generations, until, the solemn family service having been handed over to public slaves, the entire race of the Potitii perished.
§1.7.15haec tum sacra Romulus una ex omnibus peregrina suscepit, iam tum inmortalitatis virtute partae, ad quam eum sua fata ducebant, fautor.
Romulus then adopted these rites alone of all foreign ones, being already then a supporter of the immortality won by virtue, to which his own fates were leading him.