Italy
Translated by Horace White
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The opening
Book II—Excerpta: Concerning Italy
The Volsci, in nowise terrified by the misfortunes of their neighbors, made war against the Romans and laid siege to their colonies.
The people refused to elect Marcius (Coriolanus) when he sought the consulship, not because they considered him unfit, but because they feared his domineering spirit.
Marcius being inflamed against the Romans when they banished him went over to the Volsci, meditating no small revenge.
When he arrived there, having renounced his own country and kin, he did not meditate anything in particular, but intended to side with the Volsci against his country.
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