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Cum autem in media parte fori uasto ac repentino hiatu terra subsideret responsumque esset ea re illum tantum modo conpleri posse, qua populus Romanus plurimum ualeret, Curtius et animi et generis nobilissimi adulescens interpretatus urbem nostram uirtute armisque praecipue excellere, militaribus insignibus ornatus equum conscendit eumque uehementer admotis calcaribus praecipitem in illud profundum egit, super quem uniuersi ciues honoris gratia certatim fruges iniecerunt, continuoque terra pristinum habitum recuperauit. magna postea decora in foro Romano fulserunt, nullum tamen hodieque pietate Curtii erga patriam clarius obuersatur exemplum. cui principatum gloriae obtinenti consimile factum subnectam.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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