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Priore adhuc querella uibrante alia deinceps exurgit. Africanus superior non solum contusam et confractam belli Punici armis rem publicam, sed paene iam exsanguem atque morientem Karthaginis dominam reddidit. cuius clarissima opera iniuriis pensando ciues uici ignobilis eum ac desertae paludis accolam fecerunt. eiusque uoluntarii exilii acerbitatem non tacitus ad inferos tulit, sepulcro suo inscribi iubendo 'ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem mea habes'. quid ista aut necessitate indignius aut querella iustius aut ultione moderatius? cineres ei suos negauit, quam in cinerem conlabi passus non fuerat. igitur hanc unam Scipionis uindictam ingrati animi urbs Romana sensit, maiorem me hercule Coriolani uiolentia: ille enim patriam metu pulsauit, hic uerecundia. de qua re ne queri quidem—tanta uerae pietatis constantia—nisi post fata sustinuit.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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