The regulations made by the Romans to increase the number of their citizens had their effect while the republic in the full vigor of her constitution had nothing to repair but the losses she sustained by her courage, by her intrepidity, by her firmness, her love of glory and of virtue.
Erromatarrek hiritarren kopurua handitzeko egin zituzten araudiek eragina izan zuten, errepublikak, bere instituzioaren indarrean, bere ausardiaz, bere adoreaz, irmotasunaz, loriarekiko maitasunaz eta bertuteaz beraz egiten zituen galerak baizik ordaindu behar izan ez zituenean.