# Epigrammaton Libri 7.61

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 7.61. Latin.

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Abstulerat totam temerarius institor urbem
inque suo nullum limine limen erat.
Iussisti tenuis, Germanice, crescere uicos,
et modo quae fuerat semita, facta uia est.
Nulla catenatis pila est praecincta lagonis
nec praetor medio cogitur ire luto,
stringitur in densa nec caeca nouacula turba
occupat aut totas nigra popina uias.
Tonsor, copo, cocus, lanius sua limina seruant.
Nunc Roma est, nuper magna taberna fuit.

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