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Quam praeclarum tributae humanitatis specimen Cn. Pompeius, quam miserabile desideratae idem euasit exemplum! nam qui Tigranis tempora insigni regio texerat, eius caput tribus coronis triumphalibus spoliatum in suo modo terrarum orbe nusquam sepulturae locum habuit, sed abscisum a corpore inops rogi nefarium Aegyptiae perfidiae munus portatum est etiam ipsi uictori miserabile: ut enim id Caesar aspexit, oblitus hostis soceri uultum induit ac Pompeio cum proprias tum et filiae suae lacrimas reddidit, caput autem plurimis et pretiosissimis odoribus cremandum curauit. quod si non tam mansuetus animus diuini principis extitisset, paulo ante Romani imperii columen habitum—sic mortalium negotia fortuna uersat—inhumatum iacuisset. Catonis quoque morte Caesar audita et se illius gloriae inuidere et illum suae inuidisse dixit patrimoniumque eius liberis ipsius incolume seruauit. et hercule diuinorum Caesaris operum non parua pars Catonis salus fuisset.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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