Histories 9.10.12-13

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Histories 9.10.12-13
Quotation
τὰ δ᾽ ἐκτὸς ὑπάρχοντα τῆς προειρημένης δυνάμεως ἦν ἐν τοῖς ἐξ ἀρχῆς τόποις ἅμα τῷ φθόνῳ καταλιπόντας ἐνδοξοτέραν ποιεῖν τὴν σφετέραν πατρίδα, μὴ γραφαῖς καὶ τύποις, ἀλλὰ σεμνότητι καὶ μεγαλοψυχίᾳ κοσμοῦντας αὐτήν. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν εἰρήσθω μοι χάριν τῶν μεταλαμβανόντων ἀεὶ τὰς δυναστείας, ἵνα μὴ σκυλεύοντες τὰς πόλεις κόσμον ὑπολαμβάνωσιν εἶναι ταῖς ἑαυτῶν πατρίσι τὰς ἀλλοτρίας συμφοράς: Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ μετακομίσαντες τὰ προειρημένα ταῖς μὲν ἰδιωτικαῖς κατασκευαῖς τοὺς αὑτῶν ἐκόσμησαν βίους, ταῖς δὲ δημοσίαις τὰ κοινὰ τῆς πόλεως.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Location: City
Architecture: Building: Domestic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Rome; private estates
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting: Panel Painting
Visual Work: Vessel
Medium/a Ornamenting
Spoils taken from Syracuse - gold, silver, paintings, statues, vessels
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Roman generals
Item Identifier
A02254
Determination
Derived directly from text