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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 54
Passage 54 of 334
Canonical reference 54
Latin
perseus-cicero-brutus-lat
videmus item paucis annis post reges exactos, cum plebes prope ripam Anionis ad tertium miliarium consedisset eumque montem, qui Sacer appellatus est, occupavisset, M. Valerium dictatorem dicendo sedavisse discordias eique ob eam rem honores amplissimos habitos et eum primum ob eam ipsam causam Maximum esse appellatum. Ne L. Valerium quidem Potitum arbitror non aliquid potuisse dicendo, qui post decemviralem invidiam plebem in patres incitatam legibus et contionibus suis mitigaverit.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
"Likewise, a few years after the expulsion of the kings, when the plebeians had settled near the bank of the Anio at the third milestone and occupied the hill called Sacred, we see that the dictator Marcus Valerius calmed the dissension by speaking, received the highest honors for that reason, and was the first to be called Maximus for that very cause. Nor do I think Lucius Valerius Potitus lacked some power in speaking, since after the odium against the decemvirs he soothed with his laws and public addresses the plebeians who had been stirred against the senators."
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
«Nous voyons aussi que, peu d'années après l'expulsion des rois, lorsque la plèbe s'était établie près de la rive de l'Anio, à la troisième borne milliaire, et avait occupé la montagne appelée Sacrée, le dictateur M. Valerius apaisa par sa parole les discordes. Il reçut pour cela les plus grands honneurs et fut le premier, précisément pour cette raison, à être appelé Maximus. Je ne pense pas non plus que L. Valerius Potitus fût dépourvu de talent oratoire: après l'odieux décemvirat, il adoucit par ses lois et ses discours publics la plèbe irritée contre les patriciens.»
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