# de Spectaculis 12

Martial, de Spectaculis, Poem 12. Latin.

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Inter Caesareae discrimina saeua Dianae
fixisset grauidam cum leuis hasta suem,
exiluit partus miserae de uulnere matris.
O Lucina ferox, hoc peperisse fuit?
Pluribus illa mori uoluisset saucia telis,
omnibus ut natis triste pateret iter.
Quis negat esse satum materno funere Bacchum?
sic genitum numen credite: nata fera est.

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