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56b. L. Cinna C. Mario coss. AUC 668/86 BC

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Piraeum Sylla cum oppugnaret diuturno labore, unus miles eius aggerem ferens exanimatus fulmine. aruspex respondit, quod caput iacentis in oppidum versum esset, introitum et victoriam Romanis significare. post breve tempus Athenae et Piraeum a Sylla capta. Ilio a C. Fimbria incenso cum aedes quoque Minervae deflagrasset, inter ruinas simulacrum antiquissimum inviolatum stetit spemque restitutionis oppido portendit. At the Piraeus when Sulla had fought hard for a long time, one of his soldiers who was carrying brushwood was killed by lightning. The haruspex replied that, because the head of the dead man was turned towards the town, it signified a triumphal entrance for the Romans. After a short time Athens and the Piraeus were captured by Sulla. At Ilium when the temple of Minerva had also burnt down after being fired by C. Fimbria, the most venerable statue stood untouched among the ruins and it portended home for the restoration of the town.