sublimem eduxere pyram mollesque virenti stramine composuere toros superaddita dona, funereum decus: expertis invisus et ensis et clipeus, terrorque modo atque insigne superbum, tum laceri fasces captaeque in Marte secures
A tall pyre was reared, and a soft bier was made of green turf, and offerings were laid upon it, to honour the dead'the shield, the sword dreaded by those who had felt it, the rods and axes taken in the battle, broken now but once a badge of power that all men feared.
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