Ab urbe condita

Titus Livius (Livy)

Livy. History of Rome, Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.

He began by recalling the scene which many of those present had witnessed, when the elder Decius, his father, vested in the Gabine cincture[*](See note II to Book V.) and standing upon a spear, solemnly devoted himself on behalf of the legions and people of Rome.