Quanto nostrae civitatis senatus venerabilior in deos! qui post Cannensem cladem decrevit ne matronae ultra tricesimum diem luctus suos extenderent, uti ab iis sacra Cereris peragi possent, quia maiore paene Romanarum virium parte in exsecrabili ac diro solo iacente nullius penates maeroris expertes erant.
How much more reverent towards the gods was the senate of our community! After the disaster at Cannae it was decreed that matrons should not extend their mourning beyond thirty days so that the rites of Ceres could be celebrated by them; for with the greater part of Romes strength lying on dire and accursed soil, nobodys home was free of grief.
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