cum longi Libyam tandem post funera belli

ante suas maestam cogeret ire rotas:

advexit reduces secum Victoria Musas

et sertum vati Martia laurus erat. 20

Noster Scipiades Stilicho, quo concidit alter

Hannibal antiquo saevior Hannibale,

te mihi post quintos annorum Roma recursus

reddidit et votis iussit adesse suis.

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disasters of a long war, he drove weeping Libya a captive before his chariot wheel, Victory brought back the Muses in her train and Mar’s laurel crowned the poet’s brow.