# Epigrammaton Libri 1.78

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.78. Latin.

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Indignas premeret pestis cum tabida fauces
inque ipsos uultus serperet atra lues,
siccis ipse genis flentes hortatus amicos
decreuit Stygios Festus adire lacus.
Nec tamen obscuro pia polluit ora ueneno
aut torsit lenta tristia fata fame,
sanctam Romana uitam sed morte peregit
dimisitque animam nobiliore rogo.
Hanc mortem fatis magni praeferre Catonis
fama potest: huius Caesar amicus erat.

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