Σεννάτορες
senators
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
After the death of his brother Romus,1 Romulus recruited a number of men from the neighboring cities, picked out the 100 most senior and intelligent of these, and appointed them to deliberate about and oversee public business; and he named the man senators and councillors by dint of their age.2 From these he picked out the ten best and named them, metaphorically from fathers, 'patricians',3 and set them up at the head of a people's government. He also listed 300 cavalrymen and 3000 infantryman as soldiers who would garrison the city; and he divided the mass of the people into 4 tribes.
Also [sc. attested is the related term] senate, [meaning] the council-house.4
Also [sc. attested is the related term] senate, [meaning] the council-house.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σεννάτορες· ὁ Ῥωμύλος μετὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Ῥώμου ἀναίρεσιν ἐκ τῶν περιοίκων πόλεων ἀριθμὸν ἀνδρῶν ἐφειλκύσατο καὶ τούτων τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους καὶ ἐχέφρονας ρʹ ἐπιλεξάμενος προβούλους τε αὐτοὺς καὶ προέδρους τῶν κοινῶν ἀπέφηνε πραγμάτων, σεννάτοράς τε καὶ βουλευτὰς διὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν τοὺς ἄνδρας ὀνομάσας. ἐκ δὲ τούτων δέκα τοὺς ἀρίστους ἐπιλεξάμενος, πατρικίους τε αὐτοὺς ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν πατέρων ἐκάλεσε, καὶ πρὸς τὴν τοῦ δήμου προσκατέστησε διοίκησιν, τʹ τε ἱππεῖς καὶ ʹ22γʹ πεζοὺς πρὸς τὴν τῆς πόλεως φρουρὰν ἀπεγράψατο στρατιώτας· εἰς φυλὰς δὲ δʹ τὸ τοῦ δήμου διένειμε πλῆθος. καὶ Σεννάτον, τὸ βουλευτήριον.
Betacode
*senna/tores: o( *(rwmu/los meta\ th\n tou= a)delfou= *(rw/mou a)nai/resin e)k tw=n perioi/kwn po/lewn a)riqmo\n a)ndrw=n e)feilku/sato kai\ tou/twn tou\s presbute/rous kai\ e)xe/fronas r# e)pileca/menos probou/lous te au)tou\s kai\ proe/drous tw=n koinw=n a)pe/fhne pragma/twn, senna/tora/s te kai\ bouleuta\s dia\ th\n h(liki/an tou\s a)/ndras o)noma/sas. e)k de\ tou/twn de/ka tou\s a)ri/stous e)pileca/menos, patriki/ous te au)tou\s e)k metafora=s tw=n pate/rwn e)ka/lese, kai\ pro\s th\n tou= dh/mou proskate/sthse dioi/khsin, t# te i(ppei=s kai\ #22g# pezou\s pro\s th\n th=s po/lews froura\n a)pegra/yato stratiw/tas: ei)s fula\s de\ d# to\ tou= dh/mou die/neime plh=qos. kai\ *senna/ton, to\ bouleuth/rion.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 3 Feb 2022
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- modified translation; another x-ref — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead