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| ID |
2206 |
| Text |
Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418) Orosius |
| Quotation |
Iam hinc statim a Romanis aduersum Samnitas, gentem opibus armisque ualidam, pro Campanis et Sedicinis bella suscepta sunt; Samniticum bellum ancipiti statu gestum Pyrrhus uel
maximus Romani nominis hostis excepit; Pyrrhi bellum mox Punicum consecutum est et
quamuis numquam post mortem Numae a bellorum cladibus fuisse cessatum patentes semper Iani
portae indicent, ex eo tamen ueluti per meridiem toto inpressus caelo malorum feruor incanduit. |
| Translation |
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| Summary |
Immediately after this, the Romans waged a war on behalf of the Campanians and Sedicini against the Samnites, a wealthy and well-armed people. When this war hung in the balance, Pyrrhus, the most formidable of the Romans’ enemies, joined the Samnites and the Punic War soon followed on the heels of the war against Pyrrhus. So, 2. although the ever-open gates of Janus show that from the death of Numa there had been no end to the disasters of war, from this time on the heat of their troubles grew white-hot as if it were emblazoned over all the sky at mid-day. |
| Quotation source |
Vol. 1, Lib. 3, Cap. 8, Par. 1 (lin. 1); trans. Fear, p. 120 |
| Temporal Coverage |
319 - 272 |
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