vis decorare tuum, ditissima Roma, senatum? suspende exuvias armis et sanguine captas, congere caesorum victrix diademata regum, frange repulsorum foeda ornamenta deorum: tunc tibi non terris tantum victoria parta sed super astra etiam media servabitur aede.
Wouldst thou, wealthy Rome, adorn thy senate-house? Hang up the spoils that arms and blood have won; heap up, to mark thy victory, the crowns of kings thou hast slain; but break the hideous ornaments that represent gods thou hast cast away. Then will be preserved for thee in the midst of the temple the memory of victory not gained on earth only but beyond the stars.
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