THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, LL.D. EDITED BY tT. E. PAGE, O.H., LITT.D. tE. CAPPS, PH.D., LL.D. t W. H. D. ROUSE, utt.d. L. A. POST, L.H.D. E. H. WARMINGTON, m.a., f.b.hist.soo. THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS VI THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICAENASSUS WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY EARNEST GARY, Ph.D. ON THE BASIS OF THE VERSION OF EDWARD SPELMAN IN SEVEN VOLUMES VI LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS MCMLXIII Firstprinted1947 Reprinted1963 PrintedinGreatBritain CONTENTS PAGE BOOK IX (CHS. 25-71) 2 BOOK X 162 INDEX 370 THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS AIONTSIOT AAIKAPNA2E(22 PDMAIKHS APXAIOAOriAS AOrOS ENATOL XXV. Tip 8 ^^yjs eret TTcpl ras Oeptvas juaAtora rpoTTas Se^TtAiou fj/qvos TrapaXafM^dvovcn rrjv UTra- reiav dvSpes e/^Trei/Jot TToXepuxiv Hepomos^ re Sep- ovtXios /cat AvXos OvepytvLos, ols 6 rrpos rovs Tvpprjvovs TToXepLos Kairoi fieyas /cat ;^aAe7ros' lov Xpvaos^ e^aivero 77a/3a tov evros reixovs efera^o- pLCVos. aoTTopov yap ttjs ^cupa? iv Ta> TrapeXdovri X^ifiaJvi 8ta TOV e7rtTet;^icr/Lto»' tov TrXrjcriov opovs Kai Tag avvex^ls KaTaSpofias yevofievrjs, /cat ovSe Tcov efJLTTopcov €Tt, Tctj e^oidcv eTTeicrayovTCxyv dyopds, OTrdvLS laxvpd crtrou ttjv 'ViLp/rjv KUTeax^ [xeaTrjv oSaav oxXov rov re KOTOLKihiov /cat tov avveppvrj- 2 KOTOS e'/c Twv dypa>v. tojv p,kv yap iv rj^r] ttoXitcjv ' ImopiosGelenius. * xP"<^os Ba: -xp^oros R. ^ Forchaps. 25 f. cf. Livy ii. 51, 4-52, 1. * 474 B.C. Livy's date for these consuls is 477. Seenote on i.32,5. ^ The MSS. all give the praenomen as Servius both here 2 THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS BOOK IX XXV. The following year,^ about the summer solstice,* in the month of August, Servius' Servilius and Aulus Verginius succeeded to the consulship, both being men of experience in warfare. To them the Tyrrhenian war, though great and difficult, seemed pure gold* in comparison with the conflict inside the city walls. For since the land had gone unsown the preceding winter because the enemy hadfortified the adjacenthill* against them andhad kept up incessant raids, and since not even the mer- chants any longer imported the usual provisions from outside, Rome suffered from a great scarcity ofcorn, as the city was then crowded not only with its per- manent population, but also with a multitude that had flocked thither from the country. For of adult afonrdminfocuhnadp.in28Li;vyb,utCawsesisohdoourluds parnodbaDbiloydorreuasd.SpAuriSupsu,rituhse Servilius Priscuswascensoracenturylater. * Seenoteon i. 57, 2. * TheJaniculum ; see ix.24. VOL. VI A2 S .. DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS vvep ras erSe/ca /xupiaSa? ^crav, a>? e/c rijs eyyiara TLfi-qaecos evpeOr], yvvaLKcov Se Kol TraiScov Kal rrjs oLKeTLKrjs OepaTTeias inTTopcov re /cat rcov^ ipyat,o- /jievcov ras ^avavaovs re^raj [xeroLKCOv {ovBevl yap i^rjv *Pa)/xata>v ovre KaTrrjXov oiire )(€Lpor€')(V'qv ^iov €)(€Lv) ovK eXarrov t] TpiTrXdaiov rod ttoXltlkov ttXtiBovs' ovs OVK rjv TrapafxvdiqcraadaL paSiov dya- vaKTOvvras ctti tco TrdOei Kal avvrpexovras els TrjV ayopdv Kal Kara^oiovras Tcbv iv rots reXeaiv im T€ ras OLKias rcov TrXovaccov Kara TrXrjdos (hdov- jxevovs Kal StapTra^etv iTnx^ipovvTas drep chvrjs 3 ras dTTOKCLfjievas avrols^ rpocfids. ol Be B'qfiapxoL (Tvvdyovres avrovs els eKKXrjaiav Kal Karrfyopovvres ra>v TrarpiKLCOv d)S alei tl KaKov errl tols Trevqai p.r])(av(x)pLevoiv Kal TrdvO^ oaa TnxJTTore Seivd avve^rf Kara rrjv dreKfjiapTOV re Kal d(f)vXaKTOV dvdpcoTTOLS TV)(T]v eKeivcov epya Xeyovres, v^piards elvat tti- 4 Kpovs e^eipydaavTO roiovrois avve^op^evoi KaKols . OL vnaroL TrepbrrovaL* rovs avvo)vr]aop,€vovs alrov eK roiv avveyyvs tottcov fxerd ttoXXojv ;)^/3i7/u.aTa)V, Kal rov ev rat? olKiais era^av els ro hrjpLoaiov dva- <j>epei,v rovs els rov eavrcov ^iov TrXeiova rod fxe- rpLov TTapadefievovs, ripbrjv opiaavres dvoxpojoav ravra 8rj Kal dXXa -rroXXd fjir)xo.va)p,evo(, roiavra eTreaxov rcov TTevijriov ras Trapavopiias Kal dva- (rrpocfjrjv eXa^ov rrjs els rov iroXepiov TrapaaKevrjs XXVI. 'Eiret 8' at p,ev e^wdev e^pdhvvov dyopai, rd 8' evros relxovs rpo(f)rjs ixdp^eva irdvra Kar- avdXoiro, d7roarpo(f)r} Se rdjv KaKCJV ovSepLia rfV ^ ru>v R : om. B, Jacoby. * avrotsA : eVavrotsB. • a*vvierPerfjinCo,vabiyAcComrrgect:ioun>arseoBmC..R. 4