[20] Hic silvestris erat Romani nominis altrix,
Martia, quae parvos Mavortis semine natos
Uberibus gravidis vitali rore rigabat;
Quae tum cum pueris flammato fulminis ictu
Concidit atque avolsa pedum vestigia liquit. [p. 153]
Tum quis non artis scripta ac monumenta volutans
Voces tristificas chartis promebat Etruscis?
Omnes civilem generosa a stirpe profectam
Vitare ingentem cladem pestemque monebant
Vel legum exitium constanti voce ferebant
Templa deumque adeo flammis urbemque iubebant
Eripere et stragem horribilem caedemque vereri;
Atque haec fixa gravi fato ac fundata teneri,
Ni prius excelsum ad columen formata decore
Sancta Iovis species claros spectaret in ortus.
Tum fore ut occultos populus sanctusque senatus
Cernere conatus posset, si solis ad ortum
Conversa inde patrum sedes populique videret.
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