THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS VOL.V

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by  DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS

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THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
OF
DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS

THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
OF
DIONYSIUS OF HALICAKNASSUS
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
EARNEST GARY, Ph.D.
ON THE BASIS OF THE VERSION OF
EDWARD SPELMAN
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CONTENTS
PAGE
BOOK VIII 2
BOOK IX (cHS. 1-24) 286
INDEX
376

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BOOK VIII
I. The consuls^ who were chosen after these were
Gaius Julius lulus and Publius Pinarius Rufus, who
entered upon their magistracy in the seventy-third
Olympiad " (the one in which Astylus ofCroton won
the foot-race), when Anchises was archon at Athens.
These magistrates, who were not in the least warlike
men and for that reason chiefly had obtained the
consulship from the people, were involved against
theirwillinmanygreatdangers, awarhavingbroken
outasa resultoftheirrule'whichcameneardestroy-
ing the commonwealth from its foundations. For
Marcius Coriolanus, the man who had been accused
of aiming at tyranny and condemned to perpetual
banishment,*resented his misfortune andatthesame
time desired to avenge himself upon his enemies
;
and considering in what manner and with the aid of
what forces he might accomplish this, he found that
' Or, following Kiessling's emendation, "in their consul-
ship."
* See vi. 92-94, vii. 21-64.
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