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‘Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis
Ingreditur, victorque viros supereminet omnes!
Hic rem Romanam, magno turbante tumultu,
Sistet, eques sternet Poenos Gallumque rebellem,
Tertiaque arma patri suspendet capta Quirino.’
Vergil, Aen. vi. 836-846, 855-859.
836 Ille = L. Mummius Achaicus, destroyed Corinth, 146 B.C.
838 Ille = L. Aemilius Paullus, crushed Perseus (= Aeaciden l. 839) at Pydna, 168 B.C.
841 Cosse = Cornelius Cossus, won Spolia Opima a second time, 428 B.C.