Horatius prius proelio trium Curiatiorum, <tum> condicione pugnae omnium Albanorum victor, cum ex illa clarissima acie domum repetens sororem suam virginem Curiatii sponsi mortem profusius quam illa aetas debebat flentem vidisset, gladio, quo patriae rem bene gesserat, interemit, parum pudicas ratus lacrimas, quae praepropero amori dabantur.
Horatius first defeated the three Curiatii in combat, next all the Albans by the terms of the fight. As he was coming home from that illustrious encounter, he saw his virgin sister weeping more profusely than became her years for the death of her affianced Curiatius. Opining that tears given to an over-hasty love smacked of unchastity, he killed her with the sword with which he had served his country well.
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