Category: History - Ancient

Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War

Sallust, 87 BCE-35 BCE; Watson, J. S. (John Selby), 1804-1884 [Translator]· 2 chapters· 68,195 words

[57] Able to bear the toils of war--_Laboris ac belli patiens_. As by _laboris_ the labor of war is evidently intended, I have thought it better to render the words in this manner. The reading is Cortius'. Havercamp and others have "simul _ac belli_ patiens erat, in castris _p...

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[57] Able to bear the toils of war--_Laboris ac belli patiens_. As by _laboris_ the labor of war is evidently intended, I have thought it better to render the words in this mann...

2. Chapter 2

[10] To rule our country or subjects, etc.--_Nam vi quidem regere patriam aut parentes_, etc. Cortius, Gerlach, Kritz, Dietsch, and Muller are unanimous in understanding _parent...