# Ab urbe condita 1.5.39.12-13

Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1.5.39.12 to 1.5.39.13. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/livy/ab-urbe-condita/1.5.39.12

si arx Capitoliumque, sedes deorum, si senatus, caput publici consilii, si militaris iuventus superfuerit inminenti ruinae urbis, facilem iacturam esse seniorum relictae in urbe utique peritura turbae. et quo id aequiore animo de plebe multitudo ferret, senes triumphales consularesque simul se cum illis palam dicere obituros nec his corporibus, quibus non arma ferre, non tueri patriam possent, oneraturos inopiam armatorum.

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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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