cuius rei explorandae gratia legati ad Delphicum oraculum missi rettulerunt praecipi sortibus ut aquam eius lacus emissam per agros diffunderent: sic enim Veios <venturos> in potestatem populi Romani
Envoys sent to the Delphic oracle to enquire into the matter reported the oracular instruction, according to which the Romans were to spread the water let out by the lake over the countryside; for so would Veii come under the power of the Roman people.
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