(1) Post hunc Ancus Mārcius, Numae ex fīliā nepōs, suscēpit imperium.
(2) Contrā Latīnōs dīmicāvit. Aventīnum montem cīvitātī adiēcit et Iāniculum, apud ōstium <Tiberis> cīvitātem suprā mare sextō decimō mīliāriō ab urbe Rōmā condidit. Vīcēsimō et quārtō annō imperiī morbō periit.
notes
Ancus Marcius, 640–616 BCE
(1) hunc: Tullum Hostīlium
Ancus Mārcius: Ancus Marcius (642–616 BCE) increased the size of Rome and built the Pons Sublicius. He did not found the city of Ostia as Livy (1.33.9) states, since traces of settlement do not antedate ca. 350 BCE, but he did capture the salt pits nearby and probably established a settlement there (Bird).
ex fīliā: "on his daughter’s side" (Hazzard). Ancus was a descendant of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome.
(2) Latīnōs: the people of Latium.
cīvitātī: urbī
ōstium <Tiberis>: "the mouth of the (River) Tiber." Words in angle brackets are added by editors to correct what are believed to be accidental omissions in the surviving manuscripts. The manuscripts read hostiam or hostium. But the Greek translation of Eutropius' Breviarium written before 380 by Paeanius suggests that he read ostium Tiberis.
mīliāriō: for a note on Roman milestones, see Brev. 1.4
morbō: i.e., a natural death as contrasted with death by violence (Hazzard). morbō is ablative of means (AG 408)
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
| Ancus, ī, m. | Ancus Mārcius, the fourth king of Rome, 640–616 |
| Numa, ae, m. | Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, 715–672 B.C. |
| nepōs, ōtis, m. | grandson; nephew (late); pl., descendants |
| Latīnī, ōrum, pl. m. | the Latins |
| dīmicō, āre, āvī, ātus | to fight |
| Aventīnus, ī, m. (sc. mōns) | the Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome |
| adiciō, ere, iēcī, iectus | to throw to, fling; add |
| Iāniculum, ī, n. | Janiculum, a hill on the west bank of the Tiber |
| ōstium, ī [ōs, mouth], m. | the mouth of a river |
| Tiberis, is, m. | the river Tiber |
| mīliārium, ī, n. | a milestone, mile |