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In speculis Mors atra sedet dominoque silentes
adnumerat populos; maior superinminet ordo.
arbiter hos dura versat Gortynius urna
vera minis poscens adigitque expromere vitas
usque retro.

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Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45 – c. 96) was a Roman poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature.

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