Diod. 37, 11

 

Editor: F.Russo

Text:

Ὄμνυμι τὸν Δία τὸν Καπετώλιον καὶ τὴν Ἑστίαν τῆς Ῥώμης καὶ τὸν πατρῷον αὐτῆς Ἄρην καὶ τὸν γενάρχην Ἥλιον καὶ τὴν εὐεργέτιν ζῴων τε καὶ φυτῶν Γῆν, ἔτι δὲ τοὺς κτίστας γεγενημένους τῆς Ῥώμης ἡμιθέους καὶ τοὺς συναυξήσαντας τὴν ἡγεμονίαν αὐτῆς ἥρωας, τὸν αὐτὸν φίλον καὶ πολέμιον ἡγήσεσθαι Δρούσῳ, καὶ μήτε βίου μήτε τέκνων καὶ γονέων μηδεμιᾶς φείσεσθαι ψυχῆς, ἐὰν μὴ συμφέρῃ Δρούσῳ τε καὶ τοῖς τὸν αὐτὸν ὅρκον ὀμόσασιν. ἐὰν δὲ γένωμαι πολίτης τῷ Δρούσου νόμῳ, πατρίδα ἡγήσομαι τὴν Ῥώμην καὶ μέγιστον εὐεργέτην Δροῦσον. καὶ τὸν ὅρκον τόνδε παραδώσω ὡς ἂν μάλιστα πλείστοις δύνωμαι τῶν πολιτῶν. καὶ εὐορκοῦντι μέν μοι ἐπίκτησις εἴη τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ἐπιορκοῦντι δὲ τἀναντία.
(DINDORF 1868)

Translation: “I swear by Jupiter Capitolinus, Vesta of Rome, Mars her progenitor, by Sol Indiges and Terra, the benefactress of animals and plants, by the demigods who founded Rome and the heroes who have contributed to the increase of its rule, that the friend and the enemy of Drusus will also be mine; that I will not spare my properties or the lives of my children or parents, if it seems advantageous to Drusus and to those who are bound by the same oath. And if I become a citizen by Drusus’ law, I shall consider Rome as my fatherland, and Drusus as my greatest benefactor. I will exact this oath from as many of my countrymen as possible. If I keep my oath, may I obtain all good; if I break it, the reverse.” (F.Russo)

Dating: 91 BC

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