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Works Augustine of Hippo (354-430) De civitate Dei (CCSL)
Liber I

Caput V: De generali consuetudine hostium uictas ciuitates euertentium quid Cato senserit.

Quem morem etiam Cato, sicut scribit Sallustius, nobilitatae ueritatis historicus, sententia sua, quam de coniuratis in senatu habuit, conmemorare non praetermittit: rapi uirgines pueros, diuelli liberos a parentum conplexu, matres familiarum pati quae uictoribus conlibuisset, fana atque domos spoliari, caedem incendia fieri: postremo armis cadaueribus cruore atque luctu omnia conpleri. hic si fana tacuisset, deorum sedibus solere hostes parcere putaremus. et haec non ab alienigenis hostibus, sed a Catilina et sociis eius, nobilissimis senatoribus et Romanis ciuibus, Romana templa metuebant. sed hi uidelicet perditi et patriae parricidae.

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