# Epigrammaton Libri 8.30

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 8.30. Latin.

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Qui nunc Caesareae lusus spectatur harenae,
temporibus Bruti gloria summa fuit.
Aspicis ut teneat flammas poenaque fruatur
fortis, et attonito regnet in igne manus?
Ipse sui spectator adest et nobile dextrae
funus amat: totis pascitur illa sacris;
quod nisi rapta foret nolenti poena, parabat
sacuior in lassos ire sinistra focos.
Scire piget post tale decus quid fecerit ante:
quam uidi satis hanc est mihi nosse manum.

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