tu nunc fortasse sub ipsis urbis Dardaniae muris vibrantia tela excipis intrepidus clipeo saevamque coruscans lampada Tarpeis infers incendia tectis.
Perhaps at this moment you stand beneath the walls of Rome itself, parrying the hurtling missiles with dauntless shield; perhaps you are brandishing a dreadful torch and setting fire to the Tarpeian temple.
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