(1) Posteā Numa Pompilius rēx creātus est, quī bellum quidem nūllum gessit, sed nōn minus cīvitātī quam Rōmulus prōfuit.
(2) Nam et lēgēs Rōmānīs mōrēsque cōnstituit, quī cōnsuētudine proeliōrum iam latrōnēs ac sēmibarbarī putābantur, et annum discrīpsit in decem mēnsēs prius sine aliquā supputātiōne cōnfusum, et īnfīnīta Rōmae sacra ac templa cōnstituit. Morbō dēcessit quadrāgēsimō et tertiō imperiī annō.
notes
Numa Pompilius, 715–672 BCE
(1) Numa Pompilius: Numa Pompilius, allegedly a Sabine from Cures although his name was Etruscan, reigned, according to tradition, from 715 to 672 BCE. He was believed to have reformed the calendar making it twelve (not ten) months long, and organized the priestly colleges (Bird).
rēx: predicate nominative (Hazzard)
bellum: emphatic by position as well as by the use of quidem (Hazzard)
cīvitātī: dative object of profuit (see LS prōsum)
cōnsuētudine proeliōrum: "because of their habit of (waging) war" (Hazzard), ablative of cause (AG 404)
putābantur: "were beginning to be thought," note the force of the imperfect (Hazzard)
in decem mēnsēs: Livy (1.19.6) says in duodecim mēnsēs (Hazzard)
aliquā: = ūllā (Hazzard)
cōnfusum: "confused," modifies annum and is modified by prius (Hazzard). > confundo.
īnfīnīta Rōmae sacra ac templa: According to Florus:
He instructed them in sacred things, in religious ceremonies and the worship of the immortal gods; he created priesthoods, auguries, the Salii and other sacred religious duties; he divided the year into twelve months, creating a calendar of religious holidays and days that no business could occur. (Florus 1.1.101–104)
Morbō: i.e., a natural death as contrasted with death by violence (Hazzard)
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
| Numa, ae, m.; Pompilius, ī, m. |
Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, 715–672 B.C. |
| quidem, adv. |
indeed, in fact, to be sure; nē . . . quidem, not even, not at all |
| minus |
less |
| Rōmulus, ī, m. |
the son of Rhea Silvia and Mars, the founder of Rome |
| latrō, ōnis, m. | a robber, brigand |
| sēmibarbarus, ī, m. | semi-barbarian |
| dēscrībō, ere, scrīpsī, scriptus | to divide, describe |
| mēnsis, is, m. | a month |
| supputātiō, ōnis, f | computation |
| cōnfundō, ere, fūdī, fūsus |
to pour together, mingle, unite, confuse |
| īnfīnītus, a, um [in + fīniō], adj. |
unbounded, vast, enormous; numberless; as subst., īnfīnītum, ī, n., a large amount, a large number |
| dēcēdō, ere, cessī, cessus |
to go away, withdraw, depart; to die (sc. vītā) |