Itaque non sine causa maiores nostri ex urbe in agros redigebant suos cives, quod et in pace a rusticis Romanis alebantur et in bello ab his allevabantur.
It was therefore not without reason that our ancestors tried to entice their citizens back from the city to the country; for in time of peace they were fed by the country Romans, and in time of war aided by them.
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