76 savoury, nor no matter in the phrase that might indict the author of affectation; but called it an honest method, as wholesome as sweet, and by very much more handsome than fine. One speech in it I chiefly loved: 'twas Aeneas' tale to Dido; and thereabout of it especially, where he speaks of Priam's slaughter: if it live in your memory, begin at this line: let me see, let me see— 'The rugged Pyrrhus, like the Hyrcanian beast,'— it is not so:—it begins with Pyrrhus:— 'The rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms, Black as his purpose, did the night resemble When he lay couched in the ominous horse, Hath now this dread and black complexion smear'd With heraldry more dismal; head to foot Now is he total gules; horridly trick'd With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, Baked and impasted with the parching streets, That lend a tyrannous and damned light
which have glory for their end must be carried on with less bitterness. For we contend, for example, with a fellow-citizen in one way, if he is a personal enemy, in another, if he is a rival: with the rival it is a struggle for office and position, with the enemy for life and honour. So with the Celtiberians and the Cimbrians we fought as with deadly enemies, not to determine which should be supreme, but which should survive; but with the Latins, Sabines, Samnites, Carthaginians, and Pyrrhus we fought for supremacy. The Carthaginians violated treaties; Hannibal was cruel; the others were more merciful. From Pyrrhus we have this famous speech on the exchange of prisoners... Again, if under stress of circumstance individuals have made any promise to the enemy, they are bound to keep their word even then. For instance, in the First Punic War, when Regulus was taken prisoner by the Carthaginians, he was sent to Rome on parole to negotiate an
visata Romuluse ja tema kaksikvenna Remuse korviga Tiberisse. Vool aga uhtus poisid kaldale, kus nad sattusid emahundi hoole alla, ja kui see oli neid mõnda aega imetanud, kasvatas nad üles kohalik karjus. Suureks sirgunud, kukutasid vennakesed oma vanaisa võimult ja asusid endale uut linna rajama. Töö käigus puhkenud tülis tappis Romulus Remuse ja lõpetas ehituse üksi. Tema järgi saanudki linn Rooma nime Probleemid Gallia ja Etruskidega ja Pyrrhus likvideerib Rooma Aastal 510 eKr kehtestati Roomas vabariik. Sellest ajast seisid riigi eesotsas senat ja igal aastal valitavad ametnikud, kelle seast kõige kõrgemad olid kaks konsulit. 5. saj lõpuks eKr oli Rooma Kesk-Itaalia tugevaim riik. Ootamatu tagasilöögi andis gallide sissetung aastal 387 eKr. Gallid olid juba varem elama asunud Po tasandikele ja tungisid nüüd lõunasse. Linna rüüstavatest ja põletavatest sissetungijatest vabanemiseks pidid
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