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nunc te, Iuppiter optime maxime, cuius iste
donum regale, dignum tuo pulcherrimo templo,
dignum Capitolio
atque ista arce omnium nationum, dignum regio
munere, tibi factum ab regibus, tibi dicatum
atque promissum, per nefarium scelus de manibus
regiis1 extorsit, cuiusque sanctissimum et
pulcherrimum simulacrum Syracusis sustulit;
teque, Iuno Regina, cuius duo fana duabus in
insulis posita sociorum, Melitae et Sami,
sanctissima et antiquissima, simili scelere
idem iste omnibus donis ornamentisque nudavit;
teque, Minerva, quam item2 duobus in clarissimis
et religiosissimis templis expilavit, Athenis,
cum auri grande pondus, Syracusis, cum omnia
praeter tectum et parietes
abstulit;
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