Denique et antequam commerciis orbis pateret et antequam gentes ritus suos moresque miscerent, unaquaeque natio conditorem suum aut ducem inclytum aut reginam pudicam sexu suo fortiorem aut alicuius muneris vel artis repertorem venerabatur ut civem bonae memoriae: sic et defunctis praemium et futuris dabatur exemplum.
Before the world was opened up by commerce, and nations adopted each othersrites and customs, each individual group revered its founder, or some famous chief, or virtuous queen strong beyond her sex, or the inventor of some social boon or art, as a citizen worthy of remembrance. It was at once a tribute to the dead and an example to posterity.
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