![]() 2 For this reason he concluded that war afforded at once a more honourable and secure guaranty of peace, both materially and morally and so whatever he was unable to obtain from the Latins with their consent, and without injuring them, he took away against their will by force of arms. P41 for war he perceived also that the satisfactions of a policy of inoffensiveness very quickly and easily ruin those who carry it too far. He saw that the desire for quiet is not effective as a safeguard unless accompanied by equipment Then, indeed, he paid the strictest regard to all the gods, and in particular established the Salii Collini.Ĩ 1 Marcius came to realize that it is not enough for men who desire peace to refrain from injuring others, and that inoffensiveness without aggressiveness is not a means of safety, but the more one strives after peace the more vulnerable does one become to the mass of mankind and he accordingly changed his policy. P39 enemy, but he absolutely despised and neglected the worship of the gods, until, during the occurrence of a pestilence, he himself fell sick. And when they had become separated in the pursuit, he attacked each one by himself and slew them all.ħ Tullus was regarded as a most valiant man against the Finally, when two of the Romans had fallen and all of the Albans had been wounded, the surviving Horatius, because he could not contend with the three at once, even though he was unwounded, gave way in order that in pursuing him they might be scattered. Then they joined battle, now in groups, and now by pairs. So the six took up their arms, arrayed themselves opposite each other in the space between the armies, called upon the same family gods and continually glanced upward at the sun. ![]() These they put forward as their champions for battle, paying no heed to the relationship between them. Now there were on both sides brothers born three at a birth, the offspring of twin mothers, of like age and matched in prowess the Roman brothers we called Publi Horatii and the Albans Curiatii. They did not, however, care to fight with entire armies nor yet to let the issue be decided by single combat. Next they disputed about the leadership and when neither would yield to the other, they arranged to have a contest for the sovereignty. When, however, each clung to its own city and insisted that the other should move to it, they gave up this intention. Thus when the territory of the Albans had been raided by the Romans, both sides rushed to battle but before fighting they effected a reconciliation and both races decided to dwell together in one city. He sneered at most of Numa's practices and followed in the footsteps of Romulus and he was not only himself eager for battle but also provoked the same spirit in his people. "And he, attacking them when they expected no further danger."Ħ 1 When Numa died leaving no successor, Tullus Hostilius was chosen by the people and the senate. ![]() However, they accomplished nothing, but agreed to fight for the leadership.ĭio, Book II. On this subject also they made many representations to each other, to see if by any means either would voluntarily concede the sovereignty to the other. They saw that it was impossible, on the basis of equal sovereignty, for the two peoples to form an alliance that would be safe and free from strife, owing to the inherent disposition of men to quarrel with their equals and to desire to rule others. P35 that contention but disputed about the leadership. For Tullus felt emboldened in view of the fame of Romulus and of the power they now possessed, and so did Fufetius in view of the antiquity of Alba and because it was the mother city not only of the Romans themselves but of many others and both felt no little pride. Neither of the two, Tullus or Mettius, sanctioned the removal of his people to the other city, but both championed their own pretensions. " The Romans, realizing that their reputation would stand in the way of their own growth."
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