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TITUS LIVIUS’
Book V.
* tomed to survey, and yonder sky, under which I was
‘ born and bred, came crowding into my mind. Let
‘ these my fellow-citizens, by their attractive charms,
* rather engage you to remain in your own place of
* abode, than after you have abandoned them, to regret
* your loss, when it will be too late.
' It was not without reason, that gods and men se-
* lected this spot for the purpose of building a city,
* where we have most wholesome hills, and a conve-
‘ nient river for conveying the corns from the inland
' countries, and merchandize from the sea, which, by
‘ the bye, is near enough for all good purposes, and at
« the same time so remote, as to secure us against any
« attack from foreign fleets. It lies in the centre of all
* the provinces of Italy, the only situation capable of
* promoting the increase of a city. Can wre have any
* stronger proof of this, than the rapidity of its progress?
‘ This, my friends, is only the three hundred and sixty-
‘ fifth year of our city j so long have you been waging
* war with many nations of a long standing, and after all,
* neither the Volsci, in conjunction with the ^Equi, in
* possession of so many strong cities, nay not even all
* Etruria, so powerful both by sea and land, and extend-
« ing the whole breadth of Italy, between two seas, have
« been a ma'ch for you in war. What reason have you
» then, or rather, what daemon possesses you, who, know
' how you have been here, for trying new experiments?
4 You may indeed carry your bravery elsewhere, but
* can you carry thither that fortune, which is unalter-
* ably annexed to this particular spat? Here is the Capr-
4 tol, where a human head was found long, ago, and it
4 was declared concerning it, that the place where it was
‘ found, should be the seat of universal empire, the capi-
* tal of the world. It was here too, when the Capitol
* was cleared of all other divinities, that Youth and Ter-
‘ minus refused to be removed. Here are the fires of
‘ Vesta; here are the celestial bucklers; in one word,
* it is to your continuance here, that the gods have an-
‘ nexed your prosperity, power, and glory.*
TITUS LIVIUS’
Book V.
* tomed to survey, and yonder sky, under which I was
‘ born and bred, came crowding into my mind. Let
‘ these my fellow-citizens, by their attractive charms,
* rather engage you to remain in your own place of
* abode, than after you have abandoned them, to regret
* your loss, when it will be too late.
' It was not without reason, that gods and men se-
* lected this spot for the purpose of building a city,
* where we have most wholesome hills, and a conve-
‘ nient river for conveying the corns from the inland
' countries, and merchandize from the sea, which, by
‘ the bye, is near enough for all good purposes, and at
« the same time so remote, as to secure us against any
« attack from foreign fleets. It lies in the centre of all
* the provinces of Italy, the only situation capable of
* promoting the increase of a city. Can wre have any
* stronger proof of this, than the rapidity of its progress?
‘ This, my friends, is only the three hundred and sixty-
‘ fifth year of our city j so long have you been waging
* war with many nations of a long standing, and after all,
* neither the Volsci, in conjunction with the ^Equi, in
* possession of so many strong cities, nay not even all
* Etruria, so powerful both by sea and land, and extend-
« ing the whole breadth of Italy, between two seas, have
« been a ma'ch for you in war. What reason have you
» then, or rather, what daemon possesses you, who, know
' how you have been here, for trying new experiments?
4 You may indeed carry your bravery elsewhere, but
* can you carry thither that fortune, which is unalter-
* ably annexed to this particular spat? Here is the Capr-
4 tol, where a human head was found long, ago, and it
4 was declared concerning it, that the place where it was
‘ found, should be the seat of universal empire, the capi-
* tal of the world. It was here too, when the Capitol
* was cleared of all other divinities, that Youth and Ter-
‘ minus refused to be removed. Here are the fires of
‘ Vesta; here are the celestial bucklers; in one word,
* it is to your continuance here, that the gods have an-
‘ nexed your prosperity, power, and glory.*
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Curiosities & wonders > Titus Livius' Roman history > (486) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/115988981 |
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| Description | Translated by William Gordon. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.78.39 |
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