# Ab urbe condita 1.3.47.1-3

Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1.3.47.1 to 1.3.47.3. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/livy/ab-urbe-condita/1.3.47.1

at in urbe prima luce cum civitas in foro expectatione erecta staret, Verginius sordidatus filiam secum obsoleta veste comitantibus aliquot matronis cum ingenti advocatione in forum deducit. circumire ibi et prensare homines coepit et non orare solum precariam opem, sed pro debita petere: se pro liberis eorum ac coniugibus cottidie in acie stare, nec alium virum esse, cuius strenue ac fortiter facta in bello plura memorari possent; quid prodesse, si incolumi urbe, quae capta ultima timeantur, liberis suis sint patienda? haec prope contionabundus circumibat homines.

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Livy, Ab urbe condita, ed. Wilhelm Weissenborn, Moritz Müller, W. Weissenborn, H. J. Müller. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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