multa deum templis domibusque nitentibus auro egeritur praeda, et victus alimenta superbi, quisque bonis periere, virum de corpore vestes femineae, mensaeque alia tellure petitae, poculaque Eoa luxum irritantia gemma.
From the temples of the gods and from houses glittering with gold, booty was brought forth in abundance, and all the appliances of luxurious living, and the delights that had brought ruin to their possessors'womanish garments stripped from the backs of men,b tables imported from foreign lands,c and cups whose orient pearls whetted the taste for extravagance.
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