Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Rev. Canon Roberts (Translator), 4.26.3

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[3] After a levy had been raised under the Lex Sacrata¹, which was the most powerful means they possessed of compelling men to serve, the armies of both nations advanced and concentrated on Algidus, where they entrenched themselves, each in a separate

Ab urbe condita. Titus Livius (Livy). Rev. Canon Roberts (Translator). Medford, MA. 1997-10-28.

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History of Rome (English) (Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.)

Editions (3)

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 4.26.3 focus

[3] lege sacrata, quae maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat, dilectu habito utrimque validi exercitus profecti in Algidum convenere ibique seorsum Aequi,

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 4.26.3 focus

[3] nec ultra terror belli est dilatus. lege sacrata, quae maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat, dilectu ¹ habito utrimque utrimnque validi exercitus profecti in Algidum convenere,

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Livy in Fourteen Volumes. Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Schlesinger, Alfred C., editors. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959 (printing).) — 4.26.3 focus

[3] nec ultra terror belli est dilatus. lege sacrata, quae maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat, dilectu ¹ habito utrimque utrimnque validi exercitus profecti in Algidum convenere,

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History of Rome Perseus (Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Sage, Evan T.; Schlesinger, Alfred C., translators. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959. (Loeb Classical Library)) — 4.26.3 focus

[3] After a levy, held under a lex sacrata¹ which was their most effective means of collecting soldiers, strong armies marched ² out from both nations and met on Algidus, where the Aequi encamped

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 4.26.3 focus

[3] A levy being held under the devoting law, which with them is the most powerful instrument of forcing men into service, powerful armies set out from thence, and met at Algidum;

Notes on the current edition

History of Rome, books 1-10, 21-45

1. Lex Sacrata. —A law, the violation of which exposed the offender, his family and property, to be devoted ( sacer) to some deity, and whoever killed him was held to have sacrificed him to that deity. Such was the Law of Publicola; as also that which secured the inviolability of the tribunes of the plebs and subsequently of other magistrates. In the present case everyone who refused to serve was so “devoted,” probably by a priest of Mars.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 4.26.3

Rev. Canon Roberts (Translator)

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