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3422 |
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De civitate Dei (413 - 427) Augustine of Hippo |
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hic si fana tacuisset, deorum sedibus solere hostes parcere putaremus.
et haec non ab alienigenis hostibus, sed a catilina et sociis eius, nobilissimis senatoribus et romanis
ciuibus, romana templa metuebant. |
| Translation |
Had he here made no mention of the temples, we might have concluded that the enemy was disposed to spare the seats of the gods. Yet the Roman temples had cause to fear these horrors not from alien foes, but from Catiline and his accomplices: most distinguished senators and Roman citizens! These, however, were plainly abandoned men, and the parricides of their fatherland. (Trans. Dyson) |
| Quotation source |
Lib. 1, Cap. 5 (lin. 8) |
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