hostium stationes egressus, nihil ad vocem cuiusquam terroremve motus, in Quirinalem collem pervenit; ibique 3 omnibus sollemniter peractis eadem revertens similiter constanti vultu graduque, satis sperans propitios esse deos, quorum cultum ne mortis quidem metu prohibitus deseruisset, in Capitolium ad suos rediit, seu attonitis Gallis miraculo audaciae seu religione etiam motis, cuius haudquaquam neglegens gens est.

Veis interim non animi tantum in dies sed etiam vires 4 crescebant. Nec Romanis solum eo convenientibus ex agris, qui aut proelio adverso aut clade captae urbis palati fuerant, sed etiam ex Latio voluntariis confluentibus, ut in 5 parte praedae essent, maturum iam videbatur repeti patriam eripique ex hostium manibus. Sed corpori valido caput deerat. Locus ipse admonebat Camilli, et magna pars 6 militum erat, qui ductu auspicioque eius res prospere ges

esse: see

3. eadem sc. via. on 1, 5, 5 spes fuerat. — neglegens gens: such unpleasant repetition of sound occurs rarely in Livy ; e. g. 4, 7, 3 eius ius; 9,9, I profanos nos. Caes. B.G. 6, 16 says of the Gauls, natio est omnis Gallorum admodum dedita religionibus. The structure of this sentence is noteworthy. It illustrates admirably the ability of the writer to say many things, even to tell a complete story, in a single sentence,— an ability largely

serant; et Caedicius negare se commissurum, cur sibi aut deorum aut hominum quisquam imperium finiret potius 7 quam ipse memor ordinis sui posceret imperatorem. Consensu omnium placuit ab Ardea Camillum acciri, sed antea consulto senatu, qui Romae esset; adeo regebat omnia pudor, discriminaque rerum prope perditis rebus serva8 bant. Ingenti periculo transeundum per hostium custodias erat. Ad eam rem Pontius Cominius, inpiger iuvenis, operam pollicitus incubans cortici secundo Tiberi ad urbem 9 defertur. Inde, qua proximum fuit a ripa, per praeruptum eoque neglectum hostium custodia saxum in Capitolium evadit et ad magistratus ductus mandata exercitus edit. 10 Accepto inde senatus consulto, uti comitiis curiatis revocatus de exilio iussu populi Camillus dictator extemplo

tradition, he was accused of dishonest appropriation of the plunder, and at the time of the Gallic invasion was in exile at Ardea. · Caedicius: a centurion under whose command the Romans at Veii had placed themselves. se commissurum, cur: i.e. he would do nothing that would give any one reason; cf. Caes. B.G. 1, 14, 2 neque commissum a se, quare timeret. Forms of facio are sometimes used in this way; e.g. 42, 29, 11 fecerat potius, cur suspectus esset. The meaning is, He would not wait for them to supersede him in command, but would himself as centurion (memor ordinis sui) demand the appointment of a general.

relations of things, when the things themselves had nearly perished. For discrimina cf. 5, 40, 10.

8. secundo Tiberi: down the Tiber; abl. of the way by which. Veii was about five miles from the river.

9. qua... ripa: i.e. where it was the shortest distance from the river to the hill; the subject is indefinite; cf. 21, 5, 12 qua cuique proximum est, in amnem ruunt; 22, 4, 6. The distance is not more than two hundred yards. custodia: abl. of want with neglectum; the same phrase occurs in 24, 46, 1. — magistratus: six military tribunes with consular power had been elected for this year.

10. comitiis curiatis: dat. of agent with revocatus. The old assembly of the early regal period

diceretur, militesque haberent imperatorem quem vellent, eadem degressus nuntius Veios contendit; missique Ardeam legati ad Camillum Veios eum perduxere, seu I! quod magis credere libet, non prius profectum ab Ardea quam conpererit legem latam, quod nec iniussu populi mutari finibus posset nec nisi dictator dictus auspicia in exercitu habere-lex curiata lata est dictatorque absens dictus.

47. Dum haec Veis agebantur, interim arx Romae Capi- 1 toliumque in ingenti periculo fuit. Namque Galli seu vesti- 2

had at this time lost most of its powers. All Roman citizens were members, but it was not until later that plebeians and clients gained the right of voting in the curies. See Granrud, Roman Constitutional History, pp. 35-36.. -revocatus: i.e. when he should be recalled; the senate assumed that this would be done. - iussu populi; connect with diceretur.— eadem: see on § 3.

11. seu: the question is whether Camillus went immediately to Veii and received his appointment to the dictatorship there, or preferred to remain at Ardea until the decree of exile was recalled and his appointment was actually voted. Livy has the former idea in 9, 4, 13; 22, 3, 10; and 22, 14, 1I quo die dictatorem eum ex auctoritate

patrum iussuque populi dictum Veios adlatum est, . . . descendit in aecum atque illo ipso die... cecidit Gallorum legiones. Val. Max. 4, 1, 2, on the other hand,

says non prius Veios... iret, quam
de dictatura sua omnia sollemni
iure acta conperisset. - legem: the
lex curiata. — finibus: abl. of sep-
aration. — auspicia: only a prop-
erly appointed magistrate could
preside at the taking of the auspi-
ces, and no act of importance
could be begun until the auspices
had been taken. - lex curiata: a
vote of the comitia curiata ap-
proving the appointment of a
magistrate; this was a necessary
preliminary and there is no evidence
that it was ever refused. When
the comitia curiata had gone out of
existence, thirty lictors, represent-
ing the defunct assembly, still met
and voted on the lex curiata.
this place Livy means possibly not
the formal vote just described, but
one recalling Camillus from exile, a
matter within the authority of the
comitia curiata. absens: while
he was still at Ardea.

In

47. 1. fuit: for the number cf. 21, 40, 3 voluit.