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Headword:
Phebrouarios
Adler number: phi,184
Translated headword: Februarius, February
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The month is so called from a certain consul who was ethnically a Gaul; for when Camillus led the triumphal procession arising from [sc. the defeat of] the Tyrants,[1] Februarius in jealousy cried out on the rostrum that it was not Camillus who had been responsible for the victory, but the fortune of the Romans. He [Februarius] also fabricated writings and false testimony against him [Camillus], [claiming] that he was pursuing tyranny. Consequently he [Februarius] stirred the people up against him [Camillus] and expelled him from the city. So after the capture of Rome[2] he [Camillus] returned and destroyed the barbarians who accompanied Brennus. Bringing the case to court he proved that Februarius had been responsible for everything that was done. And for this reason when he [Februarius] had been stripped of his garments and clothed with a rush sack by those called vernaculi[3] who served the tribune, he [Camillus] chased him, being beaten with cords, out of the city and shortened the month named for him in comparison to the other [months].
Greek Original:Phebrouarios: houtô kaleitai ho mên apo tinos hupatou genous huparchontos tôn Gallôn: hênika gar ton thriambon ton apo tôn Turannôn katêgagen ho Kamillos, zêlotupêsas ho Phebrouarios epi tou bêmatos eboa mê gegonenai ton Kamillon aition tês nikês, alla tên tuchên Rhômaiôn. suneplatte de kai grammata kai pseudomarturias kat' autou, hôs turannida meletôntos. enteuthen de ton dêmon epanastêsas apelaunei touton tês poleôs. hôs oun meta tên halôsin tês Rhômês epanêlthe kai tous peri ton Brênnon barbarous aneilen, eis krisin agagôn tên hupothesin apedeixe pantôn gegonenai tôn pepragmenôn aition ton Phebrouarion. kai dia touto gumnôthenta auton tês esthêtos kai thruïnêi periblêthenta psiathôi hupo tôn hupêretountôn tôi dêmarchôi tôn kaloumenôn bernaklôn tuptomenon neurois tês poleôs apediôxe kai ton epônumon autou mêna para tous allous ekolobôse.
Notes:
Küster attributed this passage to John of
Antioch; now his fr.90 Roberto.
cf. the
Planudean Excerpts of
Cassius Dio (
Exc. Plan. 10, Cass. D. I p.CXVI).
For small parts of the passage see already
beta 536 and
theta 517. For Camillus see generally
kappa 283.
The month of February -- not part of the original Roman calendar -- is not in fact named for a person; rather, it means the month of expiation,
februa. See also
pi 1324.
[1] Adler praises (but nevertheless did not adopt) the reading of the
Basel edition (1543):
*turrhnw=n "Etruscans" (cf.
tau 348 and
tau 1187 for the same confusion).
[2] By the Gauls in 390 BCE.
[3] Slave attendants.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 8 December 2010@01:49:57.
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