The very gods were taxed. Their temples in the city were rifled of their treasures, and heaps of massy gold, which, through a series of ages, the virtue of the Roman people, either returning thanks for victories, or, performing their vows made in the hour of distress, had dedicated to religious uses, were now produced to' answer the demands of riot and extravagance.
Harrapaketa hartan jainkoak ere jausi ziren, Hirian tenpluak arpilatu baitzituzten, eta erromatar herriko belaunaldi guztiek, onaldian edo beldurrean, bai garaipenetan, bai botoetan eskainitako urrea pilatu baitzen.