# Epigrammaton Libri 2.65

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 2.65. Latin.

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Cur tristiorem cernimus Saleianum?
'An causa leuis est?' inquis, 'extuli uxorem.'
O grande fati crimen! O grauem casum!
Illa, illa diues mortua est Secundilla,
centena decies quae tibi dedit dotis?
Nollem accidisset hoc tibi, Saleiane.

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