nec modus argento, caelataque pondera facti tantum epulis auri, tum passim corpora longo ordine captiva, et domibus deprompta talenta, pascere longinquum non deficientia bellum, immensique greges famulae ad convivia turbae.
Of silver plate there was no end, and there was heavy gold plate also, embossed with carving and intended only for feasts. There were long processions of slaves everywhere; and money enough to carry on a protracted war was taken from private houses; and the hordes of menials who had waited at the banquets of the rich were past counting.
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