Sunday, May 23, 2021
Finding a Way Out
Livy 22.5.1-2 (about Flaminius; tr. J.C. Yardley):
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Wherever he could go, and wherever he could make himself heard, he encouraged them and told them to stand and fight. They needed force and courage to get out of there, he said, not prayers and petitions to the gods.
quacumque adire audirique potest, adhortatur ac stare ac pugnare iubet: nec enim inde votis aut imploratione deum sed vi ac virtute evadendum esse.