Thursday, June 24, 2021

 

Rome

Lucan, Pharsalia 7.404-405 (tr. J.D. Duff):
Rome is not peopled by her own citizens but swarms with the refuse of mankind.

                                 ...nulloque frequentem
cive suo Romam, sed mundi faece repletam...

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 5:53 AM


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