# Epigrammaton Libri 9.31

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 9.31. Latin.

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Cum comes Arctois haereret Caesaris armis
Velius, hanc Marti pro duce vovit avem;
luna quater binos non tota peregerat orbes,
debita poscebat iam sibi vota deus:
ipse suas anser properavit laetus ad aras
et cecidit sanctis hostia parva focis.
Octo vides patulo pendere nomismata rostro
alitis? haec extis condita nuper erant:
quae litat argento pro te, non sanguine, Caesar,
victima iam ferro non opus esse docet.

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