LATIN 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Municipium, Vicus
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[those] who butchered trucidaverunt, my father, eos in exilium expuli iudiciis legitimis ultus eorum facinus, I expelled them into exile their crimes punished by lawful proceedings et postea bellum inferentis rei publicae vici bis acie. and after inflicting war to the republic i defeated. [3] bella terra et mari civilia externaque toto in orbe terrarum saepe gessi, I waged wars, civil and foreign, in nearly the whole circle of the earth on land and in the sea, victorque omnibus veniam petentibus and i, as victor, spared all citizens seeking civibus peperci. forgiveness. I preferred to preserve (than to destroy) the conservare quam excidere foreign kinds, which could malui. be pardoned safely. Millia civium romanorum sub sacramento meo fuerunt circiter quingenta. Ex quibus deduxi in colonias aut remisi in municipia sua stipendis emeritis millia aliquanto plura quam trecenta, Roman citizens under my oath of military allegiance.
