aequoreum iuxta decus et navale tropaeum, rostra gerens nivea surgebat mole columna; exuvias Marti donumque Duilius, alto ante omnes mersa Poenorum classe, dicabat.
Hard by was seen a tall column of white marble, adorned with the beaks of ships, a naval trophy for a victory at sea; Duilius,c the first to sink a Carthaginian fleet, was dedicating his spoils to Mars and offering sacrifice.
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