Rome's Mediterranean Empire by Livy; Chaplin Jane D.;

Author:Livy; Chaplin, Jane D.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK
Published: 2006-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

THE PERIOCHAE

BOOK 1 (753–710 BCE)

1a.* The arrival of Aeneas in Italy and his activities. The reign of Ascanius at Alba and the reigns of the Silvii in turn. Mars’ sexual intercourse with Numitor’s daughter; the birth of Romulus and Remus. The slaughtering of Amullius. The founding of the city by Romulus. The selection of the Senate. War with the Sabines. Presentation of the spolia opima* to Jupiter Feretrius. The division of the people into tribes. Defeat of the Fidenates and the Veientes. Apotheosis of Romulus.

Numa Pompilius instituted sacred rites. The closing of the door of the temple of Janus.

Tullus Hostilius plundered the Albans. The battle of the triplets. The punishment of Mettius Fufetius. Tullus killed by lightning.

Ancus Marcius subdued the Latins, founded Ostia.

Tarquinius Priscus defeated the Latins, constructed the Circus, subdued neighbouring peoples, constructed walls and drains.

Servius Tullius’ head gave off flames. Servius Tullius subdued the Veientes and divided the people into classes; he dedicated a temple to Diana.

Tarquinius Superbus usurped the monarchy by killing Tullius. The crime of Tullia against her father. The killing of Turnus Herdonius by Tarquinius. War with the Volsci. The looting of Gabii through the deception of Sextus Tarquinius. The beginning of the Capitol. The altars of Termo and Juventas could not be moved. Lucretia killed herself. The expulsion of Superbus. The monarchy lasted 255 years.

1b. Ancus Marcius* allotted the Aventine Mount to the defeated Latins, extended the borders, and established the colony of Ostia. He revived ceremonies that Numa had instituted.

It is said that, for the sake of testing the expertise of the augur Attus Navius, Ancus consulted him as to whether what Ancus was thinking could be made to happen; when Attus said that it could, Ancus ordered him to split a whetstone with a razor, and this was immediately done by Attus.

He ruled for twenty-four years. During his reign, Lucumo, son of Demaratus of Corinth, came to Rome from the Etruscan city of Tarquinii, and Ancus counted him as a friend; Lucumo began to use Tarquinius Priscus as his name; after Ancus’ death Tarquinius took over the monarchy. He elevated one hundred men to join the fathers, he subjugated the Latins, he put on games in the Circus, he increased the centuries of the equites, he encircled the city with a wall, and he constructed drains. He was killed by the sons of Ancus when he had ruled for thirty-eight years.

Servius Tullius succeeded him. He was the child of a high-born slave-woman from Corniculum, and it has been said that when he was still a baby in his cradle his head gave off flames. He conducted the first census and ritually closed the lustrum; in it 80,000 are said to have been registered. He extended the pomerium, he added the Quirinal, Viminal, and Esquiline Hills to the city, and together with the Latins he built a temple to Diana on the Aventine. He was killed by Lucius Tarquinius, the son of Priscus, at the instigation of Tullius’ own daughter, Tullia; he had ruled for forty-four years.

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