Antiquitates Romanae
Dionysius Halicarnassensis
For when the temple caught fire and the virgins fled from the flames, one of the pontiffs, Lucius Caecilius, called Metellus, a man of consular rank, the same who exhibited a hundred and thirty-eight elephants in the memorable triumph which he celebrated for his defeat of the Carthaginians in Sicily, neglecting his own safety for the sake of the public good, ventured to force his way into the burning structure, and, snatching up the holy things which the virgins had abandoned, saved them from the fire; for which he received great honours from the State, as the inscription upon his statue on the Capitol testifies.
Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities (Volume I: Books 1-2.), Loeb Classical Library Vol. 319, translated by Earnest Carey, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1937, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
TextsAb Urbe Condita, 5.40.7-10 Ab Urbe Condita, 5.42.1-2 Ab Urbe Condita Periochae, 19 Ab excessu divid Marci, 1.14.4 Annales, 15.41 Antiquitates Romanae, 6.13.2 Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.3-6 Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.1 Camillus, 22.6 Camillus, 21.1 De Verborum Significatu, 320L De Verborum Significatu, 296L De Verborum Significatu, 152L Epigrammata, 1.70.3 Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.4.5 Fasti, 6.295-98 Fasti, 6.297-98 Fasti, 6.257-60 Fasti, 6.261-66 Historiae, 1.43 Historiae Romanae, 72.24 Historiae Romanae, 42.31.3 Historiae Romanae, 54.24.2 Historiae adversum Paganos, 4.11.9 In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.153 In Vergilium Commentarius, 3.12 Naturalis Historia, 34.13 Naturalis Historia, 7.141 Noctes Atticae, 14.7.7 Numa, 11.1 Tristia, 3.1.29 Vesta Aedes |
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