Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Rev. Canon Roberts (Translator), 9.29.5

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[5] Neither side went outside their own frontiers. This year ( 312 B.C.> was signalised by the censorship of Appius Claudius. His claim to distinction with posterity rests mainly upon his public works, the road¹ and the aqueduct² which bear his name.

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.)

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Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 9.29.5 focus

[5] eadem in conparando cohibendoque bello consilia et apud Etruscos fuere: neutri finibus egressi. Et et censura clara eo anno Ap. Claudi et C. Plauti fuit, memoriae tamen felicioris ad posteros nomen Appi est,

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 9.29.5 focus

[5] eadem in comparando cohibendoque bello consilia et apud Etruscos fuere: neutri finibus egressi.

et censura clara eo anno Ap. Claudi et C. Plauti fuit; memoriae memorial tamen felicioris ad posteros nomen Appi, quod viam munivit et aquam in urbem duxit;

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).) — 9.29.5 focus

[5] eadem in comparando cohibendoque bello consilia et apud Etruscos fuere: neutri finibus egressi.

et censura clara eo anno Ap. Claudi et C. Plauti fuit; memoriae memorial tamen felicioris ad posteros nomen Appi, quod viam munivit et aquam in urbem duxit;

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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)) — 9.29.5 focus

[5] field. but the Etruscans followed the same policy, preparing for war but preventing it from breaking out. neither side went beyond their own frontiers.

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 9.29.5 focus

[5] The plans of the Etrurians were exactly similar, with respect to preparing for, and abstaining from, war: nei- ther party went beyond their own frontiers. The censorship of Appius Claudius and Caius Plautius, for this year, was remarkable;

Notes on the current edition

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

1. The Via Appia. This famous road, one of the greatest engineering works in the Old World, extended from Rome to Capua, a distance of about 120 miles, and was carried through deep cuttings, over the hills, and on vast substructures of stones through the valleys. It was subsequently extended to Brundisium.

2. the Appian Aqueduct was the first of fourteen which were successively constructed to supply the Romans with pure water. It was nearly eight miles in length and ran almost the whole way underground.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 9.29.5

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