Thee, Stilicho, our new Scipio, conqueror of a second Hannibal more terrible than the first,—thee after five long years Rome has given back to me and bidden me celebrate the completion of her vows.

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LIBER TERTIUS

(XXIV.)

Quem populi plausu, procerum quem voce petebas,

adspice, Roma, virum. iam tempora desine longae

dinumerare viae visoque adsurgere semper

pulvere: non dubiis ultra torquebere votis.

totus adest oculis, aderat qui mentibus olim, 5

spe maior, fama melior. venerare curulem,