February 27, 2011

165. Tarquinius et Tanaquil Uxor


          


Cum Priscus Tarquínius
occísus esset,
Tánaquil
de superióre parte domus
pópulum allocúta est, dicens:
regem
grave quidem,
sed non letále vulnus accepísse;
eum pétere,
ut pópulus,
dum convaluísset,
Sérvio Túllio obedíret.
Sic Sérvius regnáre coepit,
sed
bene impérium administrávit.
Montes tres
urbi adiúnxit.
Primum ómnium censum
ordinávit.
Sub eo
Roma hábuit
octogínta tria mília cívium
cum his, qui in agris erant.


TEXT SOURCE: A New Latin Reader, by Albert Harkness (1881). Vocabulary List in back of book. Sections 148-150 are identical to Fowle 1-3; sections 151-157 in Harkness cover the same content as Fowle 4-17 but with different wording.

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