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SILIUS ITALICUS<br />

heu quaenam subitis horrescit turbida nimbis<br />

tempestas, ruptoque polo micat igneus aether ! 136<br />

magna parant superi : tonat alti regia caeli,<br />

bellantemque lovem cerno." venientia fata<br />

scire ultra vetuit luno, fibraeque repente<br />

conticuere. latent casus longique labores.<br />

Sic clausum linquens arcano pectore bellum 140<br />

atque hominum finem Gades Calpenque secutus,<br />

dum fert Herculeis Garamantica signa columnis,<br />

occubuit saevo Tyrius certamine ductor.<br />

Interea rerum Hasdrubali traduntur habenae,<br />

occidui qui solis opes et vulgus Hiberum 145<br />

Baeticolasque viros furiis agitabat iniquis.<br />

tristia corda ducis, simul immedicabilis ira,<br />

et fructus regni feritas erat ; asper amore<br />

sanguinis, et metui demens credebat honorem ;<br />

nee nota docilis poena satiare furores. 160<br />

ore excellentem et spectatum fortibus ausis<br />

antiqua de stirpe Tagum, superumque hominumque<br />

immemor, erecto suffixum robore maestis<br />

ostentabat ovans populis sine funere regem.<br />

auriferi Tagus ascito cognomine fontis 156<br />

perque antra et ripas nymphis ululatus Hiberis,<br />

Maeonium non ille vadum, non Lydia mallet<br />

stagna sibi, nee qui riguo perfunditur auro<br />

campum atque illatis Hermi flavescit harenis.<br />

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