non coniux native aderant, non iuncta propinquo sanguine turba virum, aut celsis de more feretris praecedens prisca exequias decorabat imago omnibus exuviis nudo, iamque Hannibal unus sat decoris laudator erat; fulgentia pingui murice suspirans inicit velamina et auro intextam chlamydem ac supremo affatur honore: i, decus Ausoniae, quo fas est ire superbas virtute et factis animas.
No wife was there, no sons, no gathering of near kinsmen; no customary masks of ancestors were borne on high litters before the corpse to grace the funeral procession.a Bare was it of all trappings; but the praise of Hannibal was glory enough in itself: sighing he threw on the body a covering bright with rich purple dye and a mantle embroidered with gold, and uttered this last tribute to the dead: Go, pride of Italy! Go whither spirits may go that exult in brave deeds!
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