(1) Huic successit Tullus Hostīlius. Hic bella reparāvit, Albānōs vīcit, quī ab urbe Rōmā duodecimō mīliāriō sunt, Vēientēs et Fīdēnātēs, quōrum aliī sextō mīliāriō absunt ab urbe Rōmā, aliī octāvō decimō, bellō superāvit, urbem ampliāvit adiectō Caeliō monte.

(2) Cum trīgintā et duōs annōs rēgnāsset, fulmine ictus cum domō suā ārsit.

    Tullus Hostilius, 672640 BCE

    (1) Huic successit: "to this one succeeded" = "his successor was," note the emphasis (Hazzard). Huic refers to Numa Pompilius.

    Tullus Hostīlius: Tullus Hostilius (673642 BCE) destroyed Alba Longa and founded the Curia Hostilia. His other wars may be apocryphal and narrated to explain his name (Bird).

    Hic bella reparāvit: in allusion to the former activity of Romulus in that direction (Hazzard)

    Albānōs: Alba Longa, the most ancient town in Latium, is said to have been built by Ascanius, and to have colonized Rome. After its destruction by Tullus Hostilius it was never rebuilt. Its inhabitants were removed to Rome. At a later time, the surrounding country was studded with the splendid villas of the Roman aristocracy (Hazzard).

    mīliāriō: The Roman milestones were set up at intervals of 1,000 paces, one Roman mile, on the military roads. They gave the distance from the place from which the measurement was made, its name, the name of the person who erected the stone, and the name of the reigning emperor. The phrase means "twelve miles from Rome" (Hazzard).

    Vēientēs et Fīdēnātēs: the people of Veii and Fidenae

    aliī ... aliī: “the one... the other,” referring to the Veientians and the Fidenates. Eutropius uses alius with the meaning of alter (Hazzard).

    adiectō Caeliō monte: ablative absolute using a perfect passive participle (AG 419)

    (2) rēgnāsset: rēgnāvisset, pluperfect subjunctive in a cum clause (AG 544)

    fulmine ictus: "having been struck by lightning" (Hazzard); ictus is the perfect passive form of īcioand fulmine is ablative of means (AG 408).

    Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates

    succēdō, ere, cessī, cessus

    to come up, advance; succeed, follow

    Tullus, ī, m.

    Tullus Hostīlius, the third king of Rome, 672–640 B.C.

    reparō, āre, āvī, ātus

    to renew

    Albānī, ōrum, pl. m.

    the Albānī, the inhabitants of Alba Longa in Latium

    mīliārium, ī, n.

    a milestone, mile

    Vēientēs, ium, pl. m.

    the people of Vēiī

    Fīdēnātēs, um, pl. m.

    the inhabitants of Fīdēnae

    ampliō, āre, āvī, ātus [amplus]

    to enlarge, magnify

    adiciō, ere, iēcī, iectus

    to throw to, fling; add

    Caelius —a —um

    Caelian; Caelius Mōns, the Caelian Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome

    rēgnō, āre, āvī, ātus [rēgnum]

    to be king, rule

    fulmen, inis [fulgeō], n.

    lightning, thunderbolt

    iciō, ere, īcī, ictus

    to strike, smite; foedus icere, to strike (conclude) a treaty (rare)

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