Subito cum pondere victus, insiliente mari, summergitur alv… - Silius Italicus

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Subito cum pondere victus,
insiliente mari, summergitur alveus undis.
scuta virum cristaeque et inerti spicula ferro
tutelaeque deum fluitant.

Silius Italicus

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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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Publius Papinius Statius Virgil Gaius Valerius Flaccus Lucan Horace

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Aegris
nil mouisse salus rebus.

Stat nulla diu mortalibus usquam,
Fortuna titubante, fides.

Virtue is indeed its own noblest reward; yet the dead find it sweet, when the fame of their lives is remembered among the living and oblivion does not swallow up their praises.

Subito cum pondere victus, insiliente mari, summergitur alveus undis. scuta virum cristaeque et inerti spicula ferro tutelaeque deum fluitant. - Silius Italicus

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