THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, LL.D. EDITED BY tT. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D. E. CAPPS, PH.D., LL.D. W. H. D. ROUSE, litt.d. L. A. POST, M.A. E. H. WARMINGTON. m.a. THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICAKNASSUS WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY EARNEST GARY, Ph.D. ON THE BASIS OF THE VERSION OF EDWARD SPELMAN IN SEVEN VOLUMES V CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS I,ONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD MCMXLV •^ PrintedinGreatBritain CONTENTS PAGE BOOK VIII 2 BOOK IX (cHS. 1-24) 286 INDEX 376 THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS AIONT2IOT AAIKAPNA2E122 POMAIKHS APXAIOAOriAS Aoros orAOOs I. Ot 8e fiera tovtov? aTToSetp^^eVres' viraroL Kara ttjv i^Sofi7)Koar7]v /cat rpLTTjv oXvfnndSa, tjv^ evLKa ardSLOv 'AaruAos" K/JOTcoriarT^S", dpxovTOS A6rjvr]ai,v 'Ayp^icrou, Tdios ^lovXtos 'louAo?* Kal HottXios' Utvdpios 'Pov(f)o?, dvSpes rJKLara ttoAc- fxiKOL Kai hid TOVTO ixdXiara Tqs dpyfjs ravrr)? rrapd rov S-qfiov TV^ovres, et? ttoXXovs Kal fxeyd- Xovs rjvayKda9r]crav kcvSvvovs KaraarTJvai, TroAe/xof KarappayevTos €K^ rrjs eKeivcov dpx'^s St' cov rj 2 ttoXls oXiyov iSdrjaev e/c ^ddpcov dvaLpedrjvai. 6 yap M-dpKcos €K€lvos 6 KoptoAavo?, o ttjv IttI rfj Tvpavvi8i alriav cr;^cov* /cat (f>vyfj di8ta» iXadeig, ayavaKTWv re em, rfj avp,(f>opa /cat nripnapiav napd Ta>v exdpc^v ^ovXo/xevos^ Xa^elv, St' ov 8' dv avrrj yevotro rpoTTov /cat St' ota? Swdfiecos dvaaKOTTUJV, * r^jv€KJacOob:ye:mKKaide'ss^lvinOg., ' Ki*esCsolbientg :: lt^ovwXvXoOs.O. * Forchaps. 1-2, 3 cf. Livy ii. 35, 6-8. * 487 b.c. 2 THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS BOOK VIII I. The consuls^ who were chosen after these were Gaius Julius lulus and Publius Pinarius Rufus, who entered upon their magistracy in the seventy-third Olympiad " (the one in which Astylus ofCroton won the foot-race), when Anchises was archon at Athens. These magistrates, who were not in the least warlike men and for that reason chiefly had obtained the consulship from the people, were involved against theirwillinmanygreatdangers, awarhavingbroken outasa resultoftheirrule'whichcameneardestroy- ing the commonwealth from its foundations. For Marcius Coriolanus, the man who had been accused of aiming at tyranny and condemned to perpetual banishment,*resented his misfortune andatthesame time desired to avenge himself upon his enemies ; and considering in what manner and with the aid of what forces he might accomplish this, he found that ' Or, following Kiessling's emendation, "in their consul- ship." * See vi. 92-94, vii. 21-64. 3 DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS {xiav evpiaKC 'Pco/Ltatois" t6t€ avrtTraXov Icrxvv ttjv OvoXovaKcov, el Kotvfj ;!^/)'>ycra/ievot yvayfirj /cat Tvxovre? rjye^ovos efjL(f)povos ivaT-qaovTai Trpog 3 avTovs rov TToXefxov. iXoyt^ero jxev ouv/ co? et Treiaeie rovs OvoXovctkovs^ he^aadaC re avrov /cat Tr]v rjyefJiovLav emTpei/jaL rov TToXepLov, paSicos avTO) SiaTTeTTpd^eraL to epyov erdparre S' avrov 7] avveihiqaLS on TrXeiaraKis Kara rds pidxas heivd BeSpaKcos riv avrovs Kal TToXeis cri'/A/xa;^tSa? d(f>rjprj- puevos. ov pirjv aTrearrj ye rfj? Treipag Sta ro rov KLvhvvov pueyeOog, aAA' els avrd rd Seivd ;\;aj/3etv 4 e^ovXevaaro /cat rrdax^LV utt' avrojv oriovv. (f)V- Xd^as Se vvKra Kal ravrrjv oKoraiav rjKev els "Avriov, rrjv e7n(f)aveardrr)v rcjv ev OvoXovokois TToXeoiv, rjviKa rrept SeiTTVov ^aav at Kara rrjv ttoXlv, /cat TTapeXdojv els ot/ctav dvSpos Svvarov, St' evyevetdv re Kal rrXovrov Kal rds iv rols rroXe- piois irpd^eis p,eya e^' eavrcp (j)povovvros Kal ro eOvos oXov dyovros (x)S rd rroXXd, <L TvXXos "Amos ovojLta ^v, LKerYjs rov dvSpos yiverai KaOe^opievos 5 €771 rrjs earias. ^triy-qadpievos S' avrw rds Kara- axovaas avrov dvdyKas St' as VTrepceivev inl rovs exOpovs Karacfivyelv, puerpia rj^iov (fipovrjaai Kal dvdpcoTTLva rrepl dvhpds iKerov Kal pL7]KerL noXepLiov rjyeladat, rov vnox^tpiov /at^S' els rovs drvxovvras Kal reraTTeiv(x)p,evovs aTToSetKvvadai rrjv laxvv, evdvpLovpievov ws ov pcevovaiv cttI rols avrois 6 TTpdypLaatv at rcov dvdpcoTTCov Ti;;)^at. " Awato S' dv," e^T], " rovro e^ avrov pbdXiara pcadelv ep,ov, OS ev rfj pLeyiarrj rroXei Kpdriaros irore elvai rojv dXXa)v SoKcov, vvv ep-qpLos Kal dnoXis Kal raveivos ^ (lev oSv Garrer : yovvO, oSvSintenis. 4>