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Aemilius Paulus, nunc felicissimi, nunc miserrimi patris clarissima repraesentatio, ex quattuor filiis formae insignis, egregiae indolis duos iure adoptionis in Corneliam Fabiamque gentem translatos sibi ipse denegauit: duos ei fortuna abstulit. quorum alter triumphum patris funere suo quartum ante diem praecessit, alter in triumphali curru conspectus post diem tertium expirauit. itaque qui ad donandos usque liberos abundauerat, in orbitate subito destitutus est. quem casum quo robore animi sustinuerit oratione, quam de rebus a se gestis apud populum habuit, hanc adiciendo clausulam nulli ambiguum reliquit: 'cum in maximo prouentu felicitatis nostrae, Quirites, timerem ne quid mali fortuna moliretur, Iouem optimum maximum Iunonemque reginam et Mineruam precatus sum ut, si quid aduersi populo Romano inmineret, totum in meam domum conuerteretur. quapropter bene habet: annuendo enim uotis meis id egerunt, ut uos potius meo casu doleatis quam ego uestro ingemescerem'.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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