Fabulae Romanae 6-10

inter factiones

among the factions

regem suae factionis

king of his faction

peregrinum regem recusabant

they were refusing a foreign king

Interregno secuto

an interregnum having followed

Optimum igitur visum est

it therefore seemed best

eō tempore

at that time

omnium consensū

with the consent of all

iure legibusque firmavit

he stregnthened with rights and laws

apertus belli index erat, clausus pacis

opened was a sign of war, closed peace

societate ac foedibus

by alliance and treaties

ad mores populī

to the customs of the people

Ut populí fidem conciliaret

to win the loyalty of the people

ad cursum lunae

to the course of the moon

comitia non habebantur

elections were not held

hīs rebus ā vī et armīs conversa

having turned to these things from violence and arms

civitatem Romanam totam in cultum deorum versam

the whole Roman state having been turned to the culture of the gods

civitatem auxerunt

they increased the state

Numā mortuo

with Numa dead

ferocior etiam quam Romulus

more ferocious even than Romulus

videbatur

it seemed

torpere otio

to be lazy in leisure

impetum fecerunt

they made an attack

sic locutus est

thus he spoke

propter iniurias

because of injustices

cupīdo imperiī

desirous of power

aggredientur

they will attack

magnam spem victoriae

great hope of victory

nec aetate nec viribus dispares

unequal in neither age nor strength

in spectaculum animos intendunt

they aim their minds on the spectacle

circumsistere conati sunt

they tried to surround

intervallīs sequentes

following in intervals

ut fratri auxilium ferant

to bring help to the brother

iratus propter maerorem sororis

angry on account of the grief of his sister

Hāc calamitate fractus

having been broken by this disaster

fulmine percussus

having been struck by a lightning bolt

collis trans Tiberim

a hill across the Tiber

etiam nunc exstat

it even now stands

usque ad mare

all the way to the sea

in ore Tiberis

on the mouth of the Tiber

Anco regnante

with Ancus ruling

exulis filium

the son of an exile

ferre indignitatem

to bear the indignity

consilium migrandi

plan of leaving

Romam

to Rome

pilleum ...abstulisse

to have stolen the hat

ab capite Lucumonis

from the head of Lucumo

caelestium prodigiorum periti

skilled in celestial signs

in amicitiam regis receptus

having been received into the friendship of the king

nomen L. Tarquinium Priscum sibi sumpsit

he gave himself the name Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

annos quattuor et viginti

for 24 years

rex crearī cupiebat

he wanted to be made king

palam regnum petiit

he sought the kingdom openly

Magnō consensū

with the great agreement

Latinīs bellō victīs

with the Latinis having been conquered in war

non quietior in pace

not more quiet in peace

Muro lapideo urbem cingere

to surround the city with a stone wall

forum ... cloacīs siccavit

he dried out the forum with sewers

Fundamenta aedis

the foundations of a temple

Eō fere tempore

at almost that time

Caput pueri dormientis

the head of the sleeping boy

multorum in conspectū

in the sight of many

ad restinguendam flammam

to put out the fire

abducto in secretum viro

her husband having been lead away in secret

Romae

in Rome

speciē rixae

in the appearance of a quarrel

vocati ad regem

having been called to the king

elatam securim in caput regis deiecit

he threw down the raised axe onto the head of the king

relicto in vulnere telo

the weapon having been left in the wound

claudi regiam iubet

she orders the palace to be closed

Servio inde celeriter ad se vocato

Servius then quickly having been called to her

per aliquot dies

through several days

cum Tarquinius iam mortuus esset

although Tarquinius was now dead

praesidio firmo munitus

having been fortified by a strong guard

primus iniussū populi

the first without the order of the people

voluntate patrum

by the will of the senators

pro opibus

by their wealth

officia belli pacisque

duties of war and peace

ad multitudinem crescentem

to the crowd growing

hoc consilio

by this plan

a civitatibus Asiae

by the states of Asia

eo consilio...vehementer laudato

with this plan having been loudly praised

fanum Dianae

temple of Diana

ea erat confessio

this was the evidence

caput rerum

head of things

de quo

about which

iniussu populi

without the order of the people

captum ex hostibus

captured from the enemy

viritim

individually

hoc modo

in this way

mores horum dispares erant

the customs of them was unequal

Arruns...mitis erat

Arruns was gentle

ferox et cupidus regni

fierce and desirous of a kingdom

prope continuis caedibus

with nearly continuous murders

nuptiis iunguntur

they are joined in marriage

paulatim

gradually

tempus agendi

the time of doing

stipatus armatis

accompanied by armed men

per praeconem

through a herald

in regia sede

in the royal seat

muliebri dono

by a womanly gift