# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.1.10

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 2, Chapter 1. Latin.

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Maiores natu in conuiuiis ad tibias egregia superiorum opera carmine conprehensa † pangebant, quo ad ea imitanda iuuentutem alacriorem redderent. quid hoc splendidius, quid etiam utilius certamine? pubertas canis suum decus reddebat, defuncta cursu aetas ingredientes actuosam uitam feruoris nutrimentis prosequebatur. quas Athenas, quam scholam, quae alienigena studia huic domesticae disciplinae praetulerim? inde oriebantur Camilli, Scipiones, Fabricii, Marcelli, Fabii, ac ne singula imperii nostri lumina simul percurrendo sim longior, inde, inquam, caeli clarissima pars, diui fulserunt Caesares.

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Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, ed. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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