[Virtutis] dispar habitus: frons hirta nec umquam composita… - Silius Italicus

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[Virtutis] dispar habitus: frons hirta nec umquam
composita mutata coma, stans vultus, et ore
incessuque viro propior laetique pudoris
celsa umeros niveae fulgebat stamine pallae.

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Silius Italicus (c. 28 – c. 103) was a Roman consul, orator, and Latin epic poet. His only surviving work is the 17-book Punica, an epic poem about the Second Punic War.

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Native Name: Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus

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The higher they climbed in their struggle to reach the top, the harder grew their toil. When one height had been mastered, a second opens and springs up before their aching sight.

Nec tam fugisse cauendo
aduersa egregium, quam perdomuisse ferendo.

Metui demens credebat honorem.

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