Omnēs hōs annōs Mārs fīliōs suōs dīligenter cōnservābat, et tandem geminīs, iam adolēscentibus omnia mōnstrāvit. Tum frātrēs, propter mātris avīque iniūriās īrātī, "Sine dubiō," inquiunt, "Amūlius hārum rērum poenās gravissimās dabit."
Pāstōrēs igitur
omnēsque agricolās ad arma incitāvērunt, et cum exercitū rūsticō ad urbis
portās contendērunt. Rēx quoque cōpiās contrā Rōmulum et Remum dūxit, sed rem
nōn bene gessit. Superātus et necātus est. Tum adolēscentēs avum suum
petīvērunt, et in rēgnum redūxērunt. Maximē gaudēbant oppidānī, quod iterum
Numitōrem, iūstum rēgem, Albae Longae vidēbant.
Posteā Rōmulus
urbem sibi aedificāvit, et Rōmam, dē suō nōmine, vocāvit. Rōmānī lupam, quod
Rōmulum tam dīligenter cūrāverat, semper in summō honōre habēbant. Statuam
lupae in Capitōliō posuērunt.
Haec statua in
Capitōliō diū stābat, sed tandem fulmine dēiecta est. Alia tamen posteā in
Capitōliō posita est. Hanc vōs quoque fortasse ōlim vidēbitis. Nec statuam
sōlum sed lupam vīvam vidēbitis, nam Rōmānī, urbis suae orīginis memorēs, etiam
nunc lupam vīvam in Capitōliō habent.
avus, -ī [2/m]:
grandfather
Capitōlium, -ī
[2/n]: the Capitol, the principal hill in Rome
dēiciō, -ere
[3-iō]: throw down
gaudeo, -ēre
[2/semi-deponent]: rejoice
statua, -ae [1/f]:
statue
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Throughout all
these years Mars was carefully protecting his sons, and at last, when the twins
were now grown up, he showed them everything. Then the brothers, angry because
of the wrongs done to their mother and grandfather, said, "Without doubt
Amulius will pay the very heaviest penalties for these deeds."
Therefore they
roused the shepherds and all the farmers to arms, and with a country army
hastened to the gates of the city. The king also led his forces against Romulus
and Remus, but did not conduct the campaign well. He was defeated and killed.
Then the young men sought out their grandfather, and led him back into the
kingdom. The townspeople were rejoicing especially because they were seeing
Numitor, the rightful king, at Alba Longa once again.
Afterwards Romulus
built a city for himself, and called it Rome, from his own name. The Romans
always held the she-wolf in the highest honour, because she had cared for
Romulus so carefully. They placed a statue of the she-wolf on the Capitoline.
This statue stood
on the Capitoline for a long time, but at last was struck down by a
thunderbolt. Another, however, was afterwards placed on the Capitoline. This
one perhaps you too will one day see. And you will see not only the statue but
also a living she-wolf, for the Romans, mindful of the origin of their city,
even now have a living she-wolf on the Capitoline.