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Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418) Orosius |
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1 Diris tunc etiam Romani prodigiis territi sunt. nam et solis orbis minui uisus est et apud Arpos parmae in caelo uisae, sol quoque pugnasse cum luna, apud Capenas interdiu duas lunas ortas, in Sardinia sanguine duo scuta sudasse, Faliscis caelum scindi uelut magno hiatu uisum, apud Antium metentibus cruentas spicas in corbem decidisse. (...)
6 Famosum hoc apud Trasumennum lacum certamen fuit tanta clade Romana, maxime cum ita intentus pugnantum ardor extiterit, ut grauissimum terrae motum, qui tunc forte tam uehemens factus est, ut urbes diruisse, montes transtulisse, discidisse rupes et flumina retrorsum coegisse referatur, pugnantes omnino non senserint. 7 factam ad Trasumennum ruinam sequitur pugna Cannensis, quamuis Fabii Maximi dictatoris tempus medium fuerit, qui impetum Hannibalis cunctando tardauit. |
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1. Dire portents terrified the Romans at this time. The sun’s orb seemed
to shrink; targes were seen in the sky at Arpi; the sun also seemed to be
fighting with the moon; at Capena two moons rose during daylight; in
Sardinia two shields sweated blood; among the Faliscians the sky was seen
to be torn asunder as if it were gaping open; and at Antium when men
were harvesting, bloodstained ears of corn fell in their baskets.
6. The battle at Lake Trasumennus was famous as being
a great disaster for Rome, and all the more so because the fervour of those
fighting was such that as they fought they did not notice a severe earthquake
which happened at this time and which was so powerful that it is said to
have laid low cities, displaced mountains, split open rocks, and forced rivers
back in their courses. |
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Lib. 4, Cap. 15, 1, 6 (Vol. II, pp. 47-49 , trans. Fear, pp. 185-6) |
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