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All these together in one heape were throwne,
2 Like carkases of beasts in butchers stall.
And in another corner wide were strowne
4 The antique ruines of the Romaines fall:
Great Romulus the Grandsyre of them all,
6 Proud Tarquin, and too lordly Lentulus,
Stout Scipio, and stubborne Hanniball,
8 Ambitious Sylla, and sterne Marius,
High C{ae}sar, great Pompey, and fierce Antonius.
1 All these together in one heap were thrown, 2 Like carcases of beasts in butcher's stall. 3 And in another corner wide were strewn 4 The antique ruins of the Romans' fall: 5 Great Romulus, the grandsire of them all,
Romulus > (Founder and first king of Rome, the twin brother of Remus) grandsire > grandfather
6 Proud Tarquin, and too lordly Lentulus,
Tarquin > (Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died after 496 BC), last king of Rome) Lentulus > (One of the families of the patrician gens Cornelia; it gave rise to the Latin noun Lentulitas, coined by Cicero, meaning "the family pride of the Lentuli")
7 Stout Scipio, and stubborn Hannibal,
Stout > Proud; bold; obstinate Scipio > (Publius Cornelius Scipio (Scipio Africanus Major), c. 232- 183 BC, the general who defeated Hannibal at Zama, 202 BC) Hannibal > (247-183 BC, general of the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War; after his defeat by Scipio he suffered exile and committed suicide with poison)
8 Ambitious Sulla, and stern Marius,
Sulla > (Lucius Cornelius Sulla, 138-78 BC, rival of Marius, who rose from humble origins to become dictator of Rome) Marius > (Gaius Cornelius Marius, c. 155-86 BC, leader of the popular party in Rome, seven times a consul, conqueror of Jugurtha and the Cimbri)