1. Livy, History, 1.23.10, 1.31.3, 1.42.3, 2.6.10, 2.40.12-2.40.13, 2.60.4, 3.7.1, 3.58.4, 5.37.1-5.37.3, 5.43.6, 6.25.4, 7.1.9, 7.8.4, 7.23.2, 7.30.8, 7.34.6, 7.34.10, 7.35.5, 7.35.8, 7.35.12, 7.37.3, 9.17.3, 9.18.11-9.18.12, 10.29.7, 10.46.14, 21.1.2, 21.62.8, 22.12.10, 22.25.14, 22.29.7, 23.5.9, 23.13.4, 23.24.6, 23.33.4, 23.42.4, 23.43.7, 25.24.13, 26.41.9, 27.33.11, 27.37.6, 28.12.3, 29.29.5, 29.29.9, 29.36.8, 30.30.3, 30.30.5, 30.30.18-30.30.23, 33.4.4, 33.27.4, 33.37.1, 35.42.8, 38.25.8, 40.40.1, 40.40.10, 44.1.10-44.1.12, 45.41.8-45.41.12 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •fortuna, in livy Found in books: Davies, Rome's Religious History: Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus on their Gods (2004) 106, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123 1.31.3. visi etiam audire vocem ingentem ex summi cacuminis luco, ut patrio ritu sacra Albani facerent, quae velut diis quoque simul cum patria relictis oblivioni dederant, et aut Romana sacra susceperant aut fortunae, ut fit, obirati cultum reliquerant deum. 5.37.1. cum tanta moles mali instaret — adeo obcaecat animos fortuna, ubi vim suam ingruentem refringi non vult —, civitas, quae adversus Fidenatem ac Veientem hostem aliosque finitimos populos ultima experiens auxilia dictatorem multis tempestatibus dixisset, 5.37.2. ea tune tunc invisitato atque inaudito hoste ab Oceano terrarumque ultimis oris bellum ciente nihil extraordinarii imperii aut auxilii quaesivit. 5.37.3. tribuni, quorum temeritate bellum contractum erat, summae rerum praeerant dilectumque nihilo accuratiorem, quam ad media bella haberi solitus erat, extenuantes etiam famam belli habebant. 5.43.6. Proficiscentis proficiscentes Gallos ab urbe ad Romanam experiendam virtutem fortuna ipsa Ardeam, ubi Camillus exulabat, duxit; 9.18.11. quin tu hominis cum homine et ducis cum duce fortunam confers? quot Romanos duces nominem, 9.18.12. quibus numquam adversa fortuna pugnae fuit! paginas in annalibus magistratuumque fastis percurrere licet consulum dictatorumque, quorum nec virtutis nec fortunae ullo die populum Romanum paenituit. 21.62.8. et donum ex auri pondo quadraginta Lanuvium Iunoni portatum est, et signum aeneum matronae Iunoni in Aventino dedicaverunt, et lectisternium Caere, ubi sortes adtenuatae erant, imperatum et supplicatio Fortunae in Algido; 22.12.10. neque universo periculo summa rerum committebatur et parva momenta levium certaminum ex tuto coeptorum finitimoque receptu adsuefaciebant territum pristinis cladibus militem minus iam tandem aut virtutis aut fortunae paenitere suae. 23.42.4. tua nos non magis virtus fortunaque quam unica comitas ac benignitas erga cives nostros, quos captos nobis remisisti, ita conciliavit tibi, ut te salvo atque incolumi amico non modo populum Romanum sed ne deos quidem iratos, si fas est dici, timeremus. 25.24.13. tot tam opulenti tyranni regesque, praeter ceteros Hiero cum recentissimae memoriae rex, tum ante omnia, quae virtus ei fortunaque sua dederat, beneficiis in populum Romanum insignis. 26.41.9. sed ut familiaris paene orbitas ac solitudo frangit animum, ita publica cum fortuna tum virtus desperare de summa rerum prohibet. ea fato quodam data nobis sors est, ut magnis omnibus bellis victi vicerimus. 27.33.11. ceterum deos immortales, miseritos nominis Romani, pepercisse innoxiis exercitibus, temeritatem consulum ipsorum capitibus damnasse. 27.37.6. id vero haruspices ex Etruria adciti foedum turpe prodigium dicere: extorrem agro Romano, procul terrae contactu, alto mergendum. vivum in arcaa arcam condidere provectumque in mare proiecerunt. 30.30.5. hoc qnoque quoque ludibrium casus ediderit fortuna, ut, cum patre tuo consule ceperim arma, cum eodem primum Romano imperatore signa contulerim, ad filium eius inermis ad pacem petendam veniam. 33.27.4. et de manubiis duos fornices in foro bovario ante Fortunae aedem et matris Matutae, unum in maximo circo fecit et his fornicibus signa aurata inposuit. 40.40.10. tunc vero Celtiberi omnes in fugam effunduntur, et imperator Romanus aversos hostes contemplatus aedem Fortunae equestri Iovique optimo maximo ludos vovit. 44.1.10. orsus a parricidio Persei perpetrato in fratrem, cogitato in parentem, adiecit post scelere partum regnum veneficia, caedes, latrocinio nefando petitum Eumenen, iniurias in populum Romanum, direptiones sociarum urbium contra foedus; ea omnia quam diis quoque invisa essent, sensurum in exitu rerum suarum: 45.41.8. postquam omnia secundo navium cursu in Italiam pervenerunt neque erat, quod ultra precarer, illud optavi, ut, cum ex summo retro volvi fortuna consuesset, mutationem eius domus mea potius quam res publica sentiret. 45.41.9. itaque defunctam esse fortunam publicam mea tam insigni calamitate spero, quod triumphus meus, velut ad ludibrium casuum humanorum, duobus funeribus liberorum meorum est interpositus. 45.41.10. et cum ego et Perseus nunc nobilia maxime sortis mortalium exempla spectemur, illi, qui ante se captivos captivus ipse duci liberos vidit, incolumes tamen eos habet: 45.41.11. ego, qui de illo triumphavi, ab alterius funere filii currum escendi, alterum rediens ex Capitolio prope iam expirantem inveni; neque ex tanta stirpe liberum superest, qui L. Aemili Pauli nomen ferat. 45.41.12. duos enim tamquam ex magna progenie liberorum in adoptionem datos Cornelia et Fabia gens habent: Paulus in domo praeter senem nemo superest. sed hanc cladem domus meae vestra felicitas et secunda fortuna publica consolatur.” | 1.31.3. They fancied, too, that they heard a very loud voice from the grove on the summit bidding the Albans celebrate their sacred rites after the manner of their fathers. These solemnities they had consigned to oblivion, as though they had abandoned their gods when they abandoned their country and had either adopted Roman rites or, as sometimes happens, embittered against Fortune, had given up the service of the gods. [4] In consequence of this prodigy, the Romans, too, kept up a public religious observance for nine days, either — as tradition asserts — owing to the voice from the Alban Mount, or because of the warning of the soothsayers. [5] In either case, however, it became permanently established whenever the same prodigy was reported; a nine days' solemnity was observed. Not long after a pestilence caused great distress, and made men indisposed for the hardships of military service. The warlike king, however, allowed no respite from arms; he thought, too, that it was more healthy for the soldiery in the field than at home. 5.37.1. To such an extent does Fortune blind men's eyes when she will not have her threatened blows parried, that though such a weight of disaster was hanging over the State, no special steps were taken to avert it. In the wars against Fidenae and Veii and other neighbouring States, a Dictator had on many occasions been nominated as a last resource. [2] But now when an enemy, never seen or even heard of before, was rousing up war from ocean and the furthest corners of the world, no recourse was had to a Dictator, no extraordinary efforts were made. 5.37.3. Those men through whose recklessness the war had been brought about were in supreme commands as tribunes, and the levy they raised was not larger than had been usual in ordinary campaigns, they even made light of [4] the resorts as to the seriousness of the war. Meantime the Gauls learnt that their embassy had been treated with contempt, and that honours had actually been conferred upon men who had violated the law of nations. Burning with rage — as a nation they cannot control their passions — they seized their standards and hurriedly set out on their march. [5] At the sound of their tumult as they swept by, the affrighted cities flew to arms and the country folk took to flight. Horses and men, spread far and wide, covered an immense tract of country; wherever they went they made it understood by loud shouts that they were going to Rome. 5.43.6. Fortune herself who led the Gauls after they left the City to Ardea, that they might have some experience of Roman courage. [7] Camillus was living there as an exile, grieving more over his country's fortunes than his own, eating his heart out in reproaches to gods and men, asking in indigt wonder where the men were with whom he had taken Veii and Falerii; men whose valour in all their wars was greater even than their success. [8] Suddenly he heard that the Gaulish army was approaching, and that the Ardeates were engaged in anxious deliberation about it. He had generally avoided the council meetings, but now, seized with an inspiration nothing short of divine, he hastened to the assembled councillors and addressed them as follows: 9.18.12. How many Roman generals could I name who have never been unfortunate in a single battle! You may run through page after page of the lists of magistrates, both consuls and Dictators, and not find one with whose valour and fortunes the Roman people have ever for a single day had cause to be dissatisfied. [13] And these men are more worthy of admiration than Alexander or any other king. [14] Some retained the Dictatorship for only ten or twenty days; none held a consulship for more than a year; the levying of troops was often obstructed by the tribunes of the plebs; they were late, in consequence, in taking the field, and were often recalled before the time to conduct the elections; |
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