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Rutilius Claudius Namatianus
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“Exaudi, regina tui pulcherrima mundi, inter sidereos Roma recepta polos, exaudi, genetrix hominum genetrixque deorum, non procul a caelo per tua templa sumus.”
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fecisti patriam diversis gentibus unam: profuit iniustis te dominante capi. dumque offers victis proprii consortia iuris, urbem fecisti quod prius orbis erat.”
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: E. F. Jacob, The Holy Roman Empire, Benn's Sixpenny Library (1928), p. 76:
“Quod regnas minus est quam quod regnare mereris: excedis factis grandia fata tuis.”
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Percensere labor densis decora alta tropaeis ut si quis stellas pernumerare velit; confunduntque vagos delubra micantia visus: ipsos crediderim sic habitare deos.”
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gilbert Norwood, "Rutilius Claudius Namatianus", Phoenix, vol. 1 (1947), p. 37:
“Atque utinam numquam Iudaea subacta fuisset Pompeii bellis imperiisque Titi! latius excisae pestis contagia serpunt, victoresque suos natio victa premit.”
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) first seen 63 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Maccabean monarchy fell after Pompey's three months' siege of Jerusalem, 63 BC. Titus captured Jerusalem in AD 70.
“Impulsus furiis homines terrasque reliquit et turpem latebram credulus exsul adit, infelix putat illuvie caelestia pasci seque premit laesis saevior ipse deis. num, rogo, deterior Circaeis secta venenis? tunc mutabantur corpora, nunc animi.”
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source