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February 20, 2011

20. Marcus Cato


          


Marcus Cato,
Catónis Censórii fílius,
in acie
cadénte equo prolápsus,
cum se recollegísset
animadvertissétque
gládium excidísse vagína,
rédiit in hostem:
acceptísque áliquot vulnéribus,
recuperáto demum gládio
ad suos revérsus est.

(image: Battle of Pydna)

TEXT SOURCE: First Easy Latin Reading Book - Anecdotes, by Edmund Fowle (1877). Vocabulary Lists in back of book.