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1828 |
| Text |
De civitate Dei (413 - 427) Augustine of Hippo |
| Quotation |
uerum ne nimis longum faciam, tacebo aliarum usquequaque gentium mala grauissima: quod
ad romam pertinet romanumque imperium tantum loquar, id est ad ipsam proprie ciuitatem et
quaecumque illi terrarum uel societate coniunctae uel condicione subiectae sunt, quae sint perpessae
ante aduentum christi, cum iam ad eius quasi corpus rei publicae pertinerent. |
| Translation |
In order not to be unduly tedious, however, I shall remain silent as to the most grave evils suffered by other nations everywhere. I shall speak only of those which befell Rome and the Roman empire: that is, the city properly so called and the territories which, before the coming of Christ, had been joined to her by alliance or subjected to her by conquest, and had thus become, as it were, the body of the commonwealth. (Trans. Dyson) |
| Quotation source |
Lib. 3, Cap. 1 (lin. 20) |
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