Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 4, chapter 47

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47. transierat ex re bene gesta superbia ¹ neglegentiaque ad Aequos quae in Romanis ducibus fuerat. [2] itaque primo statim proelio cum dictator equitatu immisso antesignanos hostium turbasset, legionum inde signa inferri propere iussit signiferumque ex suis unum cunctantem occidit. [3] tantus ardor ad dimicandum fuit ut impetum Aequi non tulerint, victique acie cum fuga effusa petissent castra, brevior tempore et certamine minor ² castrorum oppugnatio fuit quam proelium fuerat. [4] captis direptisque castris cum praedam dictator militi concessisset [p. 410] secutique fugientem ex castris hostem equites ³ renuntiassent omnes Labicanos victos, magnam partem Aequorum Labicos confugisse, [5?] postero die ad Labicos ductus exercitus oppidumque corona circumdata scalis captum ac direptum est. [6] Dictator exercitu victore Romam reducto die octavo quam creatus erat magistratu se abdicavit; et opportune senatus priusquam ab tribunis plebi agrariae seditiones mentione inlata de agro Labicano dividendo fierent, censuit frequens coloniam Labicos deducendam. [7] coloni ab urbe mille et quingenti missi bina iugera acceperunt.⁴

captis Labicis deinde ⁵ tribunis militum consulari potestate Agrippa Menenio Lanato et C. Servilio ⁶ Structo et P. Lucretio Tricipitino, [8?] iterum omnibus his, et Sp. Rutilio Crasso, et insequente anno A. Sempronio Atratino tertium, et duobus iterum, M. Papirio Mugillano ⁷ et Sp. Nautio Rutulo ⁸ biennium tranquillae externae res, discordia domi ex agrariis legibus fuit.

1 A.U.C. 337-338

2 brevior tempore et certamine minor E2D? ς: breuior et certamine et tempore H1?: breuiore tempore et certamine minor ω.

3 A.U.C. 337-338

4 acceperunt A2 ς: acceperant (accepant A) ω.

5 deinde L. Mueller: ac deinde ω.

6 C. Servilio glareanus (cf. IV. xlv. 5 and Diod. XIII. vii. 1): 1. seruilio ω: seruilio M: omitted by E (which also omits Structo).

7 Mugillano (as at IV. vii. 10): mugilano ω.

8 Rutulo (as at III. vii. 6): rutilio (rutulio P) ω.

Livy. Books III and IV With An English Translation. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.

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Commentary references to this page (7):
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 31.49
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 32.17
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 32.23
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40, commentary, 39.26
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40, commentary, 39.55
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44, commentary, 44.36
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, book 45, commentary, 45.31
Cross-references to this page (24):
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Labici
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, P. Lucretius Tricipitinus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Agr. Menenius Lanatus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Sp. Nautius Rutilus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, M. Papirius Mugillanus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Sp. Rutilius Crassus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, A. Sempronius Atratinus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, L. Servilius Structus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Q. Servilius Priscus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Tribunus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Aequi
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Ager publicus
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Coloni
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Colonia
- Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Q. Fabius Vibulanus
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), AGRIMETA´TIO
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), EXE´RCITUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), VOLSCI
- Smith's Bio, Atrati'nus
- Smith's Bio, Lana'tus
- Smith's Bio, Mugilla'nus
- Smith's Bio, Ruti'lia Gens
- Smith's Bio, Ru'tilus, Nau'tius
- Smith's Bio, Vibula'nus
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Diodorus Siculus, Library, Diod. 13.6
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (3):
- Lewis & Short, bĕnĕ
- Lewis & Short, cēnseo
- Lewis & Short, circum-do

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