# de Spectaculis 1

Martial, de Spectaculis, Poem 1. Latin.

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Barbara pyramidum sileat miracula Memphis,
Assyrius iactet nec Babylona labor;
nec Triuiae templo molles laudentur Iones,
dissimulet Delon cornibus ara frequens
aere nec uacuo pendentia Mausolea
laudibus inmodicis Cares in astra ferant.
Omnis Caesareo cedit labor Amphitheatro,
unum pro cunctis fama loquetur opus.

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