BOOK VIII 153 BOOK IX 158 BOOK X 160 VOCABULARY 164 [Illustration] 7 EUTROPĪ BREVIĀRIĪ AB URBE CONDITĀ LIBER PRĪMUS FROM THE FOUNDING OF ROME TO THE CAPTURE OF THE CITY BY THE GAULS, 753-390 B.C. THE REGAL PERIOD, 753-509 B.C. _Rome Founded, 753 B.C. Romulus, 753-716 B.C._ =1.= Rōmānum imperium ā Rōmulō exōrdium habet, quī Rhēae Silviae, Vestālis virginis, fīlius et, quantum putātus est, Mārtis, cum Remō frātre ūnō partū ēditus est. Is cum inter pāstōrēs latrōcinārētur,[1] decem et octō annōs[2] nātus urbem exiguam in Palātīnō monte cōnstituit, XI Kal. Māiās, 5 Olympiadis sextae annō tertiō, post Trōiae excidium, annō trecentēsimō nōnāgēsimō quārtō. =2.= Conditā cīvitāte,[3] quam ex nōmine suō Rōmam vocāvit, haec ferē ēgit. Multitūdinem fīnitimōrum in cīvitātem recēpit, centum ex seniōribus[4] lēgit, quōrum cōnsiliō omnia 10 ageret,[5] quōs senātōrēs nōmināvit propter senectūtem. Tum, cum uxōrēs ipse et populus suus nōn habērent,[6] invītāvit ad spectāculum lūdōrum vīcīnās urbī Rōmae nātiōnēs atque 8 eārum virginēs rapuit. Commōtīs bellīs propter raptārum iniūriam Caenīnēnsēs vīcit, Antemnātēs, Crustumīnōs, Sabīnōs, Fīdēnātēs, Vēientēs. Haec omnia oppida urbem cingunt. Et cum ortā subitō tempestāte nōn compāruisset, annō rēgnī trīcēsimō septimō ad deōs trānsīsse crēditus est 5 et cōnsecrātus. Deinde Rōmae[7] per quīnōs diēs senātōrēs imperāvērunt et hīs rēgnantibus annus ūnus complētus est. _Numa Pompilius, 715-672 B.C._ =3.= Posteā Numa Pompilius rēx creātus est, quī bellum quidem nūllum gessit, sed nōn minus cīvitātī[8] quam Rōmulus prōfuit. Nam et lēgēs Rōmānīs mōrēsque cōnstituit, quī 10 cōnsuētūdine proeliōrum iam latrōnēs ac sēmibarbarī putābantur, et annum dēscrīpsit in decem mēnsēs prius sine aliquā supputātiōne cōnfūsum, et īnfīnīta Rōmae sacra ac templa cōnstituit. Morbō dēcessit quadrāgēsimō et tertiō imperiī annō. 15 _Tullus Hostilius, 672-640 B.C._ =4.= Huic successit Tullus Hostīlius. Hīc bella reparāvit, Albānōs vīcit, quī ab urbe Rōmā duodecimō mīliārio[9] sunt, Vēientēs et Fīdēnātēs, quōrum aliī sextō mīliāriō absunt ab urbe Rōmā, aliī octāvō decimō, bellō superāvit, urbem ampliāvit adiectō Caeliō monte. Cum trīgintā et duōs annōs 20 rēgnāsset,[10] fulmine ictus cum domō suā ārsit. _Ancus Marcius, 640-616 B.C._