(1) Huic successit Tullus Hostīlius. Hīc 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.
notes
Tullus Hostilius, 672–640 BCE
(1) Huic successit: "to this one succeeded" = "his successor was," note the emphasis (Hazzard). Huic refers to Numa Pompilius.
Tullus Hostīlius: Tullus Hostilius (673–642 BCE) destroyed Alba Longa and founded the Curia Hostilia. His other wars may be apocryphal and narrated to explain his name (Bird).
Hīc 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 īcio, and fulmine is ablative of means (AG 408).
vocabulary
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) |