# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.11.1

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 8, Chapter 11. Latin.

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Sulpicii Galli maximum in omni genere litterarum percipiendo studium plurimum rei publicae profuit: nam cum L. Pauli bellum aduersum regem Persen gerentis legatus esset, ac serena nocte subito luna defecisset, eoque uelut diro quodam monstro perterritus exercitus noster manus cum hoste conserendi fiduciam amisisset, de caeli ratione et siderum natura peritissime disputando alacrem eum in aciem misit. itaque inclytae illi Paulianae uictoriae liberales artes Galli aditum dederunt, quia, nisi ille metum nostrorum militum uicisset, imperator uincere hostes non potuisset.

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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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