Historiae adversum Paganos
Paulus Orosius
Dehinc cum omnia in circuitu fori popularetur, aedem Vestae corripuit, et ne sibi quidem diis subvenientibus ignem illum, qui aeternus putabatur, temporarius ignis oppressit; unde etiam Metellus, dum arsuros deos eripit, uix bracchio semiustilatus aufugit.
From here, when it destroyed everything around the forum, it took hold of the temple of Vesta, and since the gods themselves did not even come to their own aid, this fire, lasting but for a time, overwhelmed that fire, which was thought to be eternal; whence even Metellus, while he rescued the gods which were about to burn up, barely escaped with his arm half-burnt.
Translation by Jane W. Crawford, © 2001.
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, 2.66.3-6 Antiquitates Romanae, 6.13.2 Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.1 Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.4 Camillus, 21.1 Camillus, 22.6 De Verborum Significatu, 296L De Verborum Significatu, 320L De Verborum Significatu, 152L Epigrammata, 1.70.3 Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.4.5 Fasti, 6.261-66 Fasti, 6.297-98 Fasti, 6.257-60 Fasti, 6.295-98 Historiae, 1.43 Historiae Romanae, 42.31.3 Historiae Romanae, 72.24 Historiae Romanae, 54.24.2 In Vergilium Commentarius, 3.12 In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.153 Naturalis Historia, 7.141 Naturalis Historia, 34.13 Noctes Atticae, 14.7.7 Numa, 11.1 Tristia, 3.1.29 Vesta Aedes |
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