THE INVASION OF THE GAULS, 390 B.C. (6)
[A.] The Migration to Veii abandoned.
Movisse eos Camillus cum alia oratione tum ea, quae ad religiones pertinebat, maxime dicitur; sed rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune missa, quod, cum senatus post paulo de his rebus in curia Hostilia haberetur, cohortesque ex praesidiis revertentes forte 5 agmine forum transirent, centurio in comitio exclamavit: ‘Signifer, statue signum; hic manebimus optime.’ Qua voce audita et senatus accipere se omen ex curia egressus conclamavit, et plebs circumfusa approbavit. Antiquata deinde lege promiscue 10 urbs aedificari coepta.
Livy, v. 55.
1 cum alia tum = especially
ea = ea parte orationis.
3 vox opportune missa = a phrase seasonably let fall.
10 Antiquata deinde lege (= rogatione) = the proposed law was then rejected, antiquare = to leave in its former state.