deseruere larem; portant cervicibus aegras attoniti matres ducentesque ultima fila grandaevos rapuere senes; tum crine soluto ante agitur coniux, dextra laevaque trahuntur parvi, non aequo comitantes ordine, nati.
Men leave their homes; panic-stricken, they carry ailing mothers upon their shoulders and drag along old men whose span of life is almost ended; they drive their wives with dishevelled hair in front of them; behind them come the little children with shorter steps, clinging to their fathers right hand and left.
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