Sed debebatur, ut opinor, fatis tantae origo urbis
maximique secundum deorum opes imperii principium.
But, in my opinion, the origin of so great a
city and the beginning of the greatest empire only second to the power of gods was
given by fate.
Cum Vestalis vi compressa geminum partum edidisset, Martem
incertae stirpis patrem nuncupat, seu ita rata seu quia deus auctor culpae hosestior
erat.
When the Vestal virgin having been
restrained with force had produced twins, she named Mars as the father of her
uncertain offspring, either because she believed so or because a god was more
honorable as the originator of the blame.
Sed nec di nec
homines aut ipsam aut stirpem a crudelitate regia vindicant: sacerdos vincta in
custodiam datur, pueros in profluentem aquam mitti iubet.
But neither gods nor men protected her or
her children from the cruelty of the king: the priestess was bound and put to
jail, (the king) ordered the children to be sent (thrown) to the flowing water.
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