# Epigrammaton Libri 1.12

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.12. Latin.

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Itur ad Herculei gelidas qua Tiburis arces
canaque sulphureis Albula fumat aquis,
rura nemusque sacrum dilectaque iugera Musis
signat uicina quartus ab urbe lapis.
Hic rudis aestiuas praestabat porticus umbras,
heu quam paene nouum porticus ausa nefas!
nam subito conlapsa ruit, cum mole sub illa
gestatus biiugis Regulus esset equis.
Nimirum timuit nostras Fortuna querelas,
quae par tam magnae non erat inuidiae.
Nunc et damna iuuant; sunt ipsa pericula tanti:
stantia non poterant tecta probare deos.

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