temptavit Geticus nuper delere tyrannus Italiam patrio veniens iuratus ab Histro has arces aequare solo, tecta aurea flammis solvere, mastrucis proceres vestire togatos; iamque ruens Venetos turmis protriverat agros et Ligurum vastarat opes et amoena profundi rura Padi Tuscumque solum victo amne premebat.
Not long since a Getic king came from his native Danube and essayed to wipe out Italy, having sworn to rase these strongholds to the ground, destroy our gold-roofed buildings with fire, and dress our toga-clad nobles in skins. Already in his onward rush he had trampled down Venetias lands with his squadrons and laid waste the riches of Liguria, and was pressing hard on the fair countryside by the deep Po and, passing the river, on the soil of Tuscany.
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