# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1.1.17

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 1, Chapter 1. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/valerius-maximus/facta-et-dicta-memorabilia/1.1.17

Hercules quoque detractae religionis suae et grauem et manifestam poenam exegisse traditur: nam cum Potitii sacrorum eius ritum, quem pro dono genti eorum ab ipso adsignatum uelut hereditarium optinuerant, auctore Appio censore ad humile seruorum publicorum ministerium transtulissent, omnes, qui erant numero super XXX, puberes intra annum extincti sunt nomenque Potitium in XII familias diuisum † prope interiit, Appius uero luminibus captus est.

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Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, ed. Karl Friedrich Kempf. 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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