after he had laid them down at the
foot of an oak held sacred by the shepherds, together with the offering,
he marked out the bounds for a temple of Jupiter, and gave a surname to
the god: "Jupiter Feretrius," he says, "I, king Romulus, upon my
victory, present to thee these royal arms, and to thee I dedicate a
temple within those regions which I have now marked out in my mind, as a
receptacle for the grand spoils, which my successors, following my
example, shall, upon their killing the kings or generals of the enemy,
offer to thee." This is the origin of that temple, the first consecrated
at Rome. It afterwards so pleased the gods both that the declaration of
the founder of the temple should not be frustrated, by which he
announced that his posterity should offer such spoils, and that the
glory of that offering should not be depreciated by the great number of
those who shared it. During so many years, and amid so many wars since
that time, grand spoils have been only twice gained,[18] so rare has
been the successful attainment of that honour.

[Footnote 18: Two, one by A. Cornelius Cossus for slaying L. Tolumnius,
king of Veii, U. C. 318, another by M. Claudius Marcellus, for killing
Viridomarus, king of the Gauls, U. C. 532.]

11. Whilst the Romans are achieving these exploits, the army of the
Antemnates, taking advantage of their absence, makes an incursion into
the Roman territories in a hostile manner. A Roman legion being marched
out in haste against these also, surprise them whilst straggling through
the fields. Accordingly the enemy were routed at the very first shout
and charge: their town taken; and as Romulus was returning, exulting for
this double victory, his consort, Hersilia, importuned by the entreaties
of the captured women, beseeches him "to pardon their fathers, and to
admit them to the privilege of citizens; that thus his power might be
strengthened by a reconciliation." Her request was readily granted.
After this he marched against the Crustumini, who were commencing
hostilities; but as their spirits were sunk by the defeat of their
neighbours, there was still less resistance there. Colonies were sent to
both places, but more were found to give in their names for Crustuminum,
because of the fertility of the soil. Migrations in great numbers were
also made from thence to Rome, chiefly by the parents and relatives of
the ravished women. The last war broke out on the part of the Sabines,
and proved by