February 19, 2011

15. Tarpeia


          


Illa petit quod
Sabíni
in sinístris mánibus gérerent,
vidélicet ánulos et armíllas.
Quibus dolóse promíssis,
Tarpeía
Sabínos in arcem perdúxit,
ubi Tátius
eam scutis óbrui
iussit.
Nam et scuta
in laevis habúerant.
Sic
ímpia prodítio
céleri poena
vindicáta est.


TEXT SOURCE: First Easy Latin Reading Book - Roman History, by Edmund Fowle (1877). Vocabulary Lists in back of book.

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