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57. L. Scipione C. Norbano coss. AUC 671/83 BC | |
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| per Syllana tempora inter Capuam et Vulturnum ingens signorum sonus armorumque horrendo clamore auditus, ita ut viderentur duae acies concurrere per plures dies. rei miraculo intentius considerantibus vestigia equorum hominumque et recens protritae herbae et virgulta visa molem ingentis belli portendere. in Etruria Clusii mater familiae vivum serpentem peperit, qui iussu aruspicum in profluentem deiectus a |
During the Sullan period, between Capua and Vulturnum a mighty sound of standards and weapons was heard accompanied by a terrifying clamour, so that it seemed that two battlelines had met for several days. For those who observed the miraculous event more intently traces of horses and men and freshly trampled grass and bushes were seen and this portended the burden of a huge war. In Etruria at Clusium a mother of a family gave birth to a live serpent, which, on the orders of the haruspices, was thrown into the flowing water and swam against the current. After five years, Lucius Sulla returned to Italy as victor and caused great fear amongst his enemies. * of a temple keeper the Capitol burnt down in one night. Because of Sulla’s cruelty, there was an horrific proscription of leading citizens. One hundred thousand men are said to have been butchered in the Italian and civil war. |
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