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1823 |
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Adversus nationes (304 - 310) Arnobius the Elder |
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Quid enim? Romani deos possident peculiares, qui aliarum gentium non sint?
et quemadmodum poterunt dii esse, si non omnibus quae ubique sunt gentes aequabilitatem
sui nominis exhibebunt?
et ubi quaeso iamdudum Pellonia haec fuit, cum apud furculas Caudinas decus publicum subiugatum
est, cum apud Trasimeni lacum sanguinei <cu>currere torrentes, cum Diomedis campi Romanis
cadaveribus aggerati sunt, cum mille alia vulnera proeliorum innumeris accepta sunt cladibus? |
| Translation |
Yes, tell me, do the Romans possess gods peculiar to themselves who are not the gods of other nations?" And how can they be gods if they will not show all nations existing anywhere the impartiality of their name? And where, I ask, was this Pellonia long ago when the national honor was brought under the yoke at the Caudine Forks; when at the Trasimene Lake blood ran in torrents; when the plains of Diomedes were piled high with the corpses of Romans; when a thousand other wounds were received in the countless disasters of battles? (Trans. McCracken, Vol. 2, pp. 377-8) |
| Quotation source |
Lib. 4, Cap. 4 (p. 206, lin. 13) |
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