obsce

Updated: July 23, 2026

The female characters preponderate in a remarkable manner over the male. With genuine national pride the poet recalls the great times of the Pyrrhic war, and looks down on his new Latin neighbours, -Qui Obsce et Volsce fabulantur; nam Latine nesciunt.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

The female characters preponderate in a remarkable manner over the male. With genuine national pride the poet recalls the great times of the Pyrrhic war, and looks down on his new Latin neighbours, -Qui Obsce et Volsce fabulantur; nam Latine nesciunt.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)