[Illustration: SELLA CURÛLIS / _From a coin_]
Successit Rômulô Numa Pompilius, vir inclitâ iûstitiâ[4] et
religiône.[4] Is Curibus,[5] ex oppidô Sabînôrum, accîtus est. Quî
cum Rômam vênisset, ut[6] populum ferum religiône mîtigâret, sacra
plûrima înstituit. Âram Vestae cônsecrâvit, et îgnem[7] in ârâ
perpetuô alendum virginibus dedit. Flâminem[8] {5}
Iovis sacerdôtem creâvit eumque însîgnî veste[9]
et curûlî[10] sellâ adôrnâvit. Dîcitur[11] quondam
ipsum Iovem ê caelô êlicuisse.[12] Hîc, ingentibus
fulminibus in urbem dêmissîs, dêscendit in nemus
Aventînum, ubi Numam docuit quibus sacrîs {10}
fulmina[13] essent prôcûranda,[13] et praetereâ imperiî
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certa[1] pîgnora populô Rômânô datûrum sê esse prômîsit. Numa
laetus rem populô nûntiâvit. Postrîdiê omnês ad aedês[2] rêgiâs
convênêrunt silentêsque exspectâbant[3] quid futûrum esset.[4] Atque
sôle ortô dêlâbitur ê caelô scissô[5] scûtum, quod {15}
ancîle appellâvit Numa. Id nê[6] fûrtô auferrî
posset,[6] Mâmurium fabrum ûndecim scûta eâdem
fôrmâ fabricâre iussit. Duodecim autem Saliôs[7]
Mârtis sacerdôtês lêgit, quî ancîlia, sêcrêta
illa imperiî pîgnora, cûstôdîrent[8] et Kalendîs {20}
Mârtiîs per urbem canentês et rîte saltantês
ferrent.[8] Annum in duodecim[9] mênsês ad
cursum lûnae dêscrîpsit; nefâstôs[10] fâstôsque
diês fêcit; portâs Iânô[11] geminô[12] aedificâvit
ut esset index pâcis et bellî; nam apertus,[13] in {25}
armîs esse cîvitâtem, clausus,[13] pâcâtôs circâ
omnês populôs, sîgnificâbat.
[Illustration: ANCÎLIA / _From a coin_]
[Illustration: IÂNUS]
Lêgês[14] quoque plûrimâs et ûtilês tulit {28}
Numa. Ut vêrô mâiôrem înstitûtîs[15] suîs auctôritâtem conciliâret,
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simulâvit[1] sibi[2] cum deâ Êgeriâ esse conloquia nocturna êiusque[3]
monitû sê omnia, quae ageret, facere. Lûcus erat, quem[4] medium
fôns perennî rigâbat aquâ; eô saepe Numa sine arbitrîs[5] sê {32}
înferêbat, velut[6] ad congressum deae; ita[7] omnium animôs eâ[7]
pietâte imbuit, ut fidês[8] ac iûsiûrandum nôn minus quam lêgum
et poenârum metus cîvês continêret.[9] Bellum quidem[10] nûllum {35}
gessit, sed[10] nôn minus cîvitâtî prôfuit quam Rômulus.[11] Morbô[12]
exstînctus in Iâniculô monte sepultus[13] est. Ita duo[14] deinceps
rêgês, ille bellô, hîc pâce, cîvitâtem auxêrunt. Rômulus septem
et trîgintâ rêgnâvit annôs,[15] Numa três et quadrâgintâ. {39}
[Footnotes: III (pages 8-10)
8.4: See p. 7, n. 17.
8.5: #Curibus . . . Sabînôrum#: 'from Cures, a town of the
Sabines.' H 462 (412, II): M 605: A 258, _a_: G 391: B 229, 1.
'_At_ Cures, a town of the Sabines,' would be _Curibus, in oppidô
Sabînôrum_. The two phrases well illustrate the difference between
the treatment of names of towns, and that of common nouns, in
expressions intended to denote rest in a place, or motion from a
given point.
8.6: #ut . . . mîtigâret#: purpose clause, to be joined with what
follows. Phrases and clauses often thus precede the words which
they modify.
8.7: #îgnem . . . alendum#: for the form of expression, see p. 2,
n. 18.
8.8: #Flâminem . . . creâvit#: 'he appointed a priest to be
Jupiter's Flamen.' See Vocab., _flâmen_.
8.9: The distinctive parts of the dress worn by the _Flâminês_
were (1) a close-fitting woolen cap, from which projected a stick
of olive wood, called _apex_; (2) the _toga praetexta_ (see
Vocab., _toga_); and (3) a laurel crown.
8.10: See Vocab., _sella_.
8.11: Cf. p. 7, n. 12.
8.12: _êliciô_.
8.13: The Romans derived many omens from thunder. _Prôcûrâre_ is
the technical word for 'caring for' an omen, i.e. warding off all
harmful effects by sacrifices.
9.1: 'trustworthy.' This word never = 'certain,' as in the phrase
'a certain man.' In that sense _quîdam_ is used.
9.2: #aedês rêgiâs#: 'the palace.' What two meanings does _aedês_
bear?
9.3: 'waited (to see) what,' etc.
9.4: Why subjunctive? See p. 3, n. 2.
9.5: _scindô_. #dêlâbitur . . . scûtum#: 'the heavens were opened
and a shield descended.'
9.6: Negative clause of purpose: H 568 (497, II): M 893: A 317, 1:
G 545, 3: B 282. On the possession of this _ancîle_ Rome's power
was believed to depend; hence Numa's care in guarding it.
9.7: #Saliôs . . . fêcit#: 'he chose twelve Salii as priests of
Mars.'
9.8: Why subjunctive? Cf. p. 5, n. 3.
9.9: Roman writers say that before Numa's time the year contained
only ten months, a statement hardly credible.
9.10: #nefâstôs . . . fêcit#: 'he made a distinction between _diês
nefâstî_ and _diês fâstî_.' See Vocab., _fâstus_ and _nefâstus_.
9.11: Cf. p. 8, n. 1.
9.12: 'two-headed.' The reference is to a temple of Janus in the
Forum, with two doors opposite each other, so that the whole
structure resembled an arch.
9.13: Both adjectives = temporal clauses, signifying respectively
'when open,' 'when shut.' They agree with _Iânus_ understood,
which means the temple, not the god. After Numa's time the temple
remained open till 235 B.C. It was opened again in the same year,
and not closed till 29 B.C.
9.14: #Lêgês quoque#: '_Laws_ too,' i.e. laws as well as religious
ceremonies and priestly orders.
9.15: #înstitûtîs#: dative with #conciliâret#.
10.1: How different in meaning from _dissimulâns_, II, 9?
10.2: #sibi . . . esse conloquia#: 'that he had conversations.'
#sibi# is dat. of the possessor; H 430 (387): M 542: A 231: G 349:
B 190.
10.3: #êius monitû#: 'at her suggestion.' Cf. _quôrum cônsiliô_,
II, 41.
10.4: #quem medium#: 'the middle of which.'
10.5: Here in its original sense of 'witness.'
10.6: #velut . . . deae#: 'giving it out that he was going to meet
the goddess'; #velut# is used here as _quasi_ is in I, 28. See
note there [[note 3.6]]. For #ad congressum# see p. 3, n. 8.
#deae# is dat. after the prefix in #congressum#; cf. H 429 (386):
M 532: A 228: G 347: B 187, III.
10.7: #ita# and #eâ# reinforce each other. 'To such a degree
(#ita#), and with such (#eâ#) piety,' etc.
10.8: Here = 'respect for their oaths (and obligations).' #fidês
ac iûsiûrandum# together = 'their own moral sense,' as opposed to
the restraints of the law.
10.9: subjunctive of result: H 570 (500, II): M 905: A 319, 1:
G 552, 2: B 284.
10.10: #quidem# is concessive, and so = 'to be sure, it is true.'
Hence #quidem . . . sed# = _quamquam . . . sed tamen_.
10.11: Sc. _prôfuerat_.
10.12: #Morbô exstînctus# (_exstinguô_) means that he died a
natural death. We are to feel a contrast here to the miraculous
disappearance of Romulus, as described on page 7.
10.13: _sepeliô_.
10.14: #duo deinceps rêgês#: 'two _successive_ kings.' When an
adverb like _deinceps_ stands between an adjective and a noun, it
has the value of an adjective.
10.15: acc. of extent of time: H 417 (379): M 513: A 256, 2:
G 336: B 181. See also p. xvii, D 1.]
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