[Linenotes: 2. i.e. the Spring of Pirene near Corinth, where Pegasus was caught by Bellerophon. Its waters possessed inspiring properties. 4. +nervis ... meis+ = _that I had strength to gasp forth_. --Ramsay. 7. +Curios+ = _Curiatios_. +Horatia pila+: see pp. 67-68. [[Selections D8, D9]] 8. +Aemilia+, i.e. of L. Aemilius Paullus (son of the hero of Cannae), victor at Pydna 168 B.C. over Perseus of Macedon. 10. +versos ... deos+, i.e. the solemn ordinances decreed by Fabius, Dictator after Trasimene, to which the gods _turned a ready ear_ (+versos+). 12. +fuisse+, dependent on +cecini+ l. 19. +Iovem+, i.e. _Iovis Capitolini templum_. See p. 84.] [[Selection D25]] C26 SECOND PUNIC WAR, 218-202 B.C. _The Revolt of Capua, 216-211 B.C._ (1) A. _Capua aspires to rival Rome._ Altera iam teritur bellis civilibus aetas, Suis et ipsa Roma viribus ruit. Quam neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi, Minacis aut Etrusca Porsenae manus, 4 Aemula nec virtus Capuae nec Spartacus acer Novisque rebus infidelis Allobrox, Nec fera caerulea domuit Germania pube Parentibusque abominatus Hannibal: 8 Impia perdemus devoti sanguinis aetas, Ferisque rursus occupabitur solum. HORACE, _Epod._ xvi. 1-10. [Linenotes: 5. +Aemula virtus Capuae.+ In 216 B.C. Capua was, after Rome, the richest and most powerful city in Italy. As the result of Cannae she aspired to dominion over Italy. +Spartacus acer+, leader of the Servile War, 73-71 B.C. 6. +novis rebus infidelis+ = _faithless to revolution_, because they assisted in betraying Catiline’s plot 63 B.C.--Wickham. 9. +impia ... aetas+ = _we an impious generation whose blood is foredoomed_ (i.e. there is a curse on us) _shall destroy_ (Rome).] B. _Decius Magius defies Hannibal._ Egressus curia Hannibal in templo magistratuum consedit, comprehendique Decium Magium atque ante pedes destitutum causam dicere iussit. Qui cum manente ferocia animi negaret lege foederis id cogi posse, tum iniectae catenae, ducique ante lictorem {15} in castra est iussus. Quoad capite aperto est ductus, contionabundus incessit ad circumfusam undique multitudinem vociferans: ‘Habetis libertatem, Campani, quam petistis: foro medio, luce clara, videntibus vobis nulli Campanorum secundus vinctus ad mortem {20} rapior. Quid violentius capta Capua fieret? Ite obviam Hannibali, exornate urbem diemque adventus eius consecrate, ut hunc triumphum de cive vestro spectetis.’ LIVY, xxiii. 10. +Context.+ After the Revolt of Capua, when Hannibal made a public entry into the city, the whole population, with the exception of Decius Magius and his son, poured out to meet him.