Tantane, omnipotens, caligine mersa latere fata placet? veniet quondam felicior aetas, cum pia Campano gaudebit consule Roma et per bella diu fasces perque arma negatos ultro ad magnanimos referet secura nepotes.
Is it your pleasure, Almighty Father, that the future shall be hidden in such utter darkness? A happier age will one day come, when loyal Rome shall welcome a consul from Capua; the rods which she long withheld from armed force she will then surrender willingly and confidently to the high-souled descendants of her foes.
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