movet hinc foedusque fidesque et testes superi iurataque pacta parentum, hinc popularis amor coeptantis magna iuventae, et sperare iuvat belli meliora.
On the one hand they were swayed by loyalty to the treaty, by the gods who witnessed it, and by the compact to which their fathers swore; and on the other by the popularity of the ambitious young leader; and they nursed a hope of victory.
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