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Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds And Sayings, 1.7.3


nanRemarkable also was that dream, and clear in its outcome, which the two consuls P. Decius Mus and T. Manlius Torquatus dreamed, when they lay encamped not far from the foot of Mount Vesuvius, at the time of the Latin War, which was very fierce and dangerous. For a certain person foretold to both of them, that the Manes and Terra Mater claimed as their due the general of one side, and the whole army of the other side; but whichever general should assail the forces of the enemy, and devote himself as a victim for the good of his army, would obtain the victory. The entrails of the sacrifices confirmed this on the next morning to both consuls, who endeavoured either to expiate the misfortune, if it might be averted, or else resolved to undergo the decision of the gods. Therefore they agreed, that whichever wing should begin to give way, there the commander should with his own life appease the Fates; which while both undauntedly ventured to perform, Decius happened to be the person whom the gods required.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Cicero, On Divination, 1.51 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.51. At vero P. Decius ille Q. F., qui primus e Deciis consul fuit, cum esset tribunus militum M. Valerio A. Cornelio consulibus a Samnitibusque premeretur noster exercitus, cum pericula proeliorum iniret audacius monereturque, ut cautior esset, dixit, quod extat in annalibus, se sibi in somnis visum esse, cum in mediis hostibus versaretur, occidere cum maxuma gloria. Et tum quidem incolumis exercitum obsidione liberavit; post triennium autem, cum consul esset, devovit se et in aciem Latinorum inrupit armatus. Quo eius facto superati sunt et deleti Latini. Cuius mors ita gloriosa fuit, ut eandem concupisceret filius. 1.51. And yet let me cite another: the famous Publius Decius, son of Quintus, and the first of that family to become consul, was military tribune in the consulship of Marcus Valerius and Aulus Cornelius while our army was being hard pressed by the Samnites. When, because of his rushing too boldly into the dangers of battle, he was advised to be more cautious, he replied, according to the annals, I dreamed that by dying in the midst of the enemy I should win immortal fame. And though he was unharmed at that time and extricated the army from its difficulties, yet three years later, when consul, he devoted himself to death and rushed full-armed against the battle-line of the Latins. By this act of his the Latins were overcome and destroyed; and so glorious was his death that his son sought the same fate.
2. Livy, History, 2.36, 7.6.1-7.6.3, 8.6.9-8.6.12, 8.6.14, 8.9.1, 8.9.12 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

3. Appian, Civil Wars, 1.97 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

4. Plutarch, Lucullus, 23.6 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

5. Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds And Sayings, 1.7.4

6. Zonaras, Epitome, 7.26



Subjects of this text:

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aphrodite Santangelo (2013) 71
bellona Santangelo (2013) 71
chinese mantic practice,divine Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
cornelius sulla,l.,dreams Santangelo (2013) 71
cornelius sulla,l. Santangelo (2013) 71
cornelius sulla felix,l. Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
decius mus,p. Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89; Santangelo (2013) 71
deuotio Mueller (2002) 210; Santangelo (2013) 71
dii manes Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
divination,unexpected results Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
dreams Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89; Santangelo (2013) 71
expiation Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
extispicy,fate Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
festivals Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
gods,in dreams Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
gods Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
haruspices Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89; Santangelo (2013) 71
haruspicy Santangelo (2013) 71
jupiter (king of the gods) Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
latinius,t. Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
litatio Santangelo (2013) 71
liver Santangelo (2013) 71
ludi Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
magistrates Santangelo (2013) 71
manes Santangelo (2013) 71
manlius torquatus,t. Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
mater terra Santangelo (2013) 71
pontifex maximus Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
prodigies Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
prodigy Santangelo (2013) 71
roman republic Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
rome,dreams Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
rome,significance of Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
rome Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
sacrifices,human Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
senate/senators Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
sibylline books Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
significance,divinatory Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
signs Santangelo (2013) 71
verification' Eidinow and Driediger-Murphy (2019) 89
veseris Santangelo (2013) 71
vesuvius Santangelo (2013) 71