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Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.59.4–5

Brutus turns the crowd's grief to resolve, calling on them to take up arms, and leads a growing band of volunteers toward Rome while a guard is left at Collatia to keep news from the king.

 

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Omnis vir crimen regium et vim pro se queruntur. Non solum tristitia patris eos movet, sed etiam Brutus, ut is qui lacrimas et vanas querellas (useless complaints) punit, duxque capiendi arma hostilia contra ausos hostes quod viros Romanos deceret.

Omnis ferocissimus virorum voluntarius cum armis adest; et alii sequuntur.

Patre Lucretiae custode relicto Collatiae, et custodibus datis ad portas ut nemo nuntiaret eum consilium regibus, ab eo loco ceteri armati ad Romam profecti sunt, Bruto duce.

Written by Robert Amstutz

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