de parentibus qui obitum liberorum forti animo tulerunt Horatius Pulvillus, cum in Capitolio Iovi Optimo Maximo aedem pontifex dedicaret, interque nuncupationem sollemnium verborum postem tenens mortuum esse filium suum audisset, neque manum a poste removit, ne tanti templi dedicationem interrumperet, neque vultum a publica religione ad privatum dolorem deflexit, ne patris magis quam pontificis partes egisse videretur.
of parents who bore the death of their children with fortitude When Horatius Pulvillus as Pontiff was dedicating the temple on the Capitol to Jupiter Best and Greatest, holding the doorpost as he pronounced the customary words, he heard that his son was dead. He neither took his hand from the post, lest he interrupt the dedication of so great a temple, nor changed his countenance from public solemnity to private distress, lest he seem to have played the role of father rather than that of Pontifex.
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