CHAP. II.

[1]nazióne

[2]parére

[3]desideróso

[4]trarre

[5]mérito

[6]splendóre

[7]origine

[8]dove

[9]istória

[10]tacére

[11]generalménte

[12]sovveníre al

[13]difétto

[14]favóla

[15]Románo

[16]particolarménte

[17]ambíre

[18]credúto

[19]discéso

[20]diopl.dei

[21]come se

[22]nascóndere

[23]bassézza

[24]vero

[25]antenáti

[26]Enéa

[27]figlio

[28]Vénere

[29]Anchíse

[30]scampáre

[31]distruzióne

[32]Troja

[33]dopo

[34]molto

[35]avventúra

[36]perícolo

[37]arriváre

[38]Itália

[39]dove

[40]corteseménte

[41]ricevúto

[42]Latíno

[43]re

[44]Latíno

[45]dare

[46]figliuóla

[47]Lavínia

[48]matrimónio

[49]allóra

[50]come

[51]ora

[52]diviso

[53]número

[54]píccolo

[55]stato

[56]independénte

[57]l’uno dall’altro

[58]conseguentemente

[59]soggétto

[60]frequénte

[61]contésa

[62]fra

[63]Turno

[64]re

[65]Rútuli

[66]primo

[67]oppórsi

[68]molto tempo

[69]esséndo che pretendeva egli pure a

[70]guerra

[71]náscere

[72]Trojáno

[73]eróe

[74]vittorióso

[75]Turno

[76]uccíso

[77]conseguénza

[78]edíficáre

[79]città

[80]chiamáto

[81]Lavínio

[82]onóre

[83]moglie

[84]qualche tempo dopo

[85]attaccáre

[86]guerra

[87]contro

[88]Mésenzio

[89]régolo

[90]paése

[91]vinto

[92]volta

[93]moríre

[94]battáglia

[95]regno

[96]anno

[97]Ascanio

[98]figlio

[99]succédere

[100]regno

[101]secondo genito

[102]nátogli da

[103]nojóso

[104]recitáre

[105]insípido

[106]catálogo

[107]seguíre

[108]sapére

[109]poco

[110]nome

[111]bastáre

[112]dire

[113]successióne

[114]continuáre

[115]vicíno

[116]quattro

[117]cento

[118]anno

[119]famíglia

[120]Numitóre

[121]último

(Of the World, 3301—Before Christ, 753.)

The[1]twelfth[2]king of the[3]Latins after[4]Æneas, was[5]Amulius, who[6]circumvented his[7]brother[8]Numitor, to whom the[9]right of[10]succession[11]appertained, upon the[12]account of his[13]age. Numitor had an[14]only[15]daughter[16]called Sylvia, and[17]Romulus and[18]Remus,[19]twin brothers, and founders of Rome, were, as it is said in fable and history, the[20]sons of[21]Mars and Sylvia. The children being[22]exposed by the[23]king’s[24]order, were[25]privately[26]educated by one[27]Faustulus, a[28]shepherd. When they were[29]grown up, they[30]slew Amulius,[31]restored their[32]grandfather, to his[33]kingdom, and[34]built[35]Rome 753 years before[36]Christ was[37]born.

Romulus, having[38]put his[39]rival brother to[40]death,[41]was[42]proclaimed king by his[43]followers; and having[44]settled the[45]state[46]affairs, and[47]being in want of females, he[48]seized upon all the[49]young women that[50]came to[51]see the[52]public[53]gamesat Rome; upon which a[54]terrible and long[55]war with the[56]Sabines[57]ensued.

The[58]Cæninenses,[59]Antemnates, and[60]Crustumini were[61]conquered; and[62]at last the[63]Sabines, under the[64]conduct of[65]Tatius,[66]bearing hard upon the Romans, by the[67]interposition of the[68]Sabine women who had been[69]detained at Rome, it was[70]agreed upon[71]betwixt both[72]parties,[73]that they should[74]jointly[75]inhabit Rome, and Romulus and Tatius should[76]reign[77]together. Tatius being[78]slain six[79]years after, Romulus reigned[80]alone, and[81]completed the[82]term of 38 years, having conquered the[83]neighbouring cities. At last,[84]a great[85]tempest[86]arising as he[87]held an[88]assembly at the[89]lake of Caprea,[90]he was no where to be found, being[91]torn in pieces by the[92]senators (as it was[93]generally[94]thought) to whom he was[95]now[96]grown[97]odious on[98]account of his[99]cruelty. He[100]first[101]divided the city into[102]thirty[103]curiæ, and[104]three[105]tribes. The[106]poor he[107]put[108]under the[109]protection of the[110]great, whom he[111]named[112]patricii. He[113]triumphed[114]three times[115]over his[116]vanquished[117]enemies;[118]first, over the Cæninenses,and Antemnates, in which[119]war having[120]killed their[121]king[122]Acron[123]with his own hand, he[124]consecrated his first[125]spoils to[126]Jupiter Feretrius;[127]secondly, over the[128]Camerini;[129]thirdly, over the[130]Fidenates, and[131]Veientes.

[132]After an[133]interregnum of a[134]year’s continuance,[135]Numa Pompilius, a Sabine,[136]born at[137]Cures, was[138]chosen king by the Romans, 714 years before[139]Christ was[140]born;[141]who[142]applying himself to the[143]preservation of the public[144]quiet,[145]instituted all the[146]religious[147]rites of the Romans. He[148]made an[149]addition of two[150]months to the year, which[151]till that time had[152]consisted of[153]ten, and[154]reigned forty-three years.

[155]The third king of the Romans was[156]Tullus Hostilius, a[157]man of a[158]restless temper, and[159]fit for nothing but war. He[160]conquered the Albans, and[161]destroyed their city, after he had first[162]removed the[163]inhabitants, and all their[164]substance to Rome; and[165]torn to pieces,[166]tied[167]betwixt two[168]chariots,[169]Metius Fusetius,[170]dictator of the[171]Albans,[172]convicted of[173]treachery. He[174]triumphed[175]three times over the Albans, the[176]Fidenates, and the Sabines. He[177]reigned[178]thirty-two years, and[179]perished withhis[180]wife, and[181]whole family, by[182]a thunderbolt[183]from heaven.

The[184]fourth king that reigned at Rome was[185]Ancus Martius,[186]grandson to Numa Pompilius, by whom the[187]Latins were[188]subdued, and most of them[189]taken into the city, and[190]settled in the[191]Aventine mount;[192]the Janiculum was[193]fortified by him, a[194]bridge made over the[195]Tiber, and Ostia[196]built. He reigned 24 years.

The[197]fifth king of Rome was[198]Tarquinius Priscus, the[199]son of[200]Demaratus, a[201]Corinthian. He[202]came to Rome from[203]Tarquinii, a[204]town of Etruria,[205]from whence he was[206]called[207]Lucius Tarquinius. After he[208]came to the[209]government, he[210]augmented the[211]senate,[212]subdued the[213]twelve[214]nations of Etruria, and[215]borrowed from them the[216]ensigns of[217]supreme[218]power, the[219]fasces; the[220]trabea; the[221]curule chair; the[222]prætexta; and other[223]things of that[224]kind. He was slain by the sons of[225]Ancus, after he had reigned 38 years.

His[226]son-in-law Servius Tullius, the[227]sixth in[228]order,[229]began his[230]reign in the year 577 before Christ. He was for his[231]rare[232]endowments[233]preferred before those of the royal[234]blood. He first[235]instituted the[236]census, and[237]ordered it to be[238]kept[239]every five years;[240]divided the[241]people into[242]classes, and[243]centuries, and[244]enlarged the city: and after he had[245]governed the[246]kingdom with great[247]applause 44 years, he was[248]murdered through the[249]horrid[250]wickedness of his own[251]daughter, and Tarquin his[252]son-in-law.

The[253]seventh and[254]last king that reigned at Rome was Tarquin,[255]surnamed[256]the Proud, whom[257]most of the[258]old Roman[259]authors[260]affirm to be the son of[261]Priscus;[262]but[263]Dionysius[264]will have him to be his grandson. He[265]governed the[266]kingdom he had[267]procured by his[268]wickedness[269]no better than he got it, being[270]cruel to the[271]senators, and his[272]other[273]subjects. He[274]conquered the[275]Volsci, the Sabines, and Gabii; and having[276]built the[277]Capitol with the[278]spoils of the cities he had[279]taken, he was[280]at last[281]turned out of the city, and of his kingdom, for a[282]violence[283]committed by his[284]son upon[285]Lucretia.

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