# de Spectaculis 13

Martial, de Spectaculis, Poem 13. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/de-spectaculis/13

Icta graui telo confossaque uulnere mater
sus pariter uitam perdidit atque dedit.
O quam certa fuit librato dextera ferro!
Hanc ego Lucinae credo fuisse manum.
Experta est numen moriens utriusque Dianae,
quaque soluta parens quaque perempta fera est.

---

Martial, de Spectaculis. Text: The Latin Library (thelatinlibrary.com), used with permission. Changes: HTML markup removed and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: Used with permission (https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/about.html). Source: https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/martial/mart.spec.shtml.