quis te, care pater, quo stabant Itala regna, exosus Latium deus abstulit? hei mihi! nam cur ulla fuere adeo, quibus a te saevus abessem, momenta? opposito mutassem pectore mortem.
Beloved father, what god so hated Latium that he carried off you, the pillar of Roman rule? Alas! why was I ever unfeeling enough to be absent one moment from your side? I might have thrown myself in front of you and died in your stead.
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