quid? tunc sat compos, qui non ardentia tela a Cannis in templa tuli Tarpeia Iovemque detraxi solio? sparsissem incendia montes per septem bello vacuos gentique superbae Iliacum exitium et proavorum fata dedissem.
Was I in my senses then when I failed to carry my fiery weapons from Cannae to the Capitol, and to hurl Jupiter down from his throne? I ought to have scattered fire-brands over the Seven Hills which none then defended; I ought to have consigned that proud nation to the destruction of Troy and the doom of their ancestors.
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