(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 1 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Latin)
Book I (1) petu liberavissent, nec C. Duelius A. Atilius L. Metellus terrore Karthaginis, non duo Scipiones oriens incendium belli Punici secundi sanguine suo restinxissent, nec id excitatum maioribus copiis aut Q. Maximus enervavisset, aut M. Marcellus contudisset, aut a portis huius urbis avolsum P. Africanus compulisset intra hostium moenia. M. vero Catoni homini ignoto […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 1 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (English)
BOOK I I. For without the strong feeling of patriotism, neither had G. Duelius, Aulus Atilius or L. Metellus freed us from the terror of Carthage; or the two Scipios extinguished with their blood the rising flame of the second punic war. Quintus Maximus would not have weakened, nor M. Marcellus have crushed the one […]