Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Against Wild Beasts
Livy 7.24.4-5 (tr. B.O. Foster):
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"Why are you standing there, my men?" he exclaimed. "You have no Latin or Sabine foe to deal with, whom you may overcome in fight and transform from an enemy into an ally; we have drawn the sword against wild beasts, and we must have their blood or yield them ours."
"quid stas, miles?" inquit; "non cum Latino Sabinoque hoste res est, quem victum armis socium ex hoste facias; in beluas strinximus ferrum; hauriendus aut dandus est sanguis."
