Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, VI, 1779a

[...] [hic mo]derans plebem patriae sedemque se[natu]	[...] He, governing the people of his native land and the senate house,
[ur]bis perpetuas occidit ad lacrimas.	Died to the perpetual tears of the city.
[nec l]icuit famulis domini gestare feretrum,	Nor was it permitted to the servants of the lord to carry the bier,
[c]ertantis populi sed fuit illud onus.	But that was the burden of the striving people.
[fle]vit turba omnis, matres puerique senesque,	All crowd wept - mothers and boys and old men,
[fle]vit et abiectis tunc pius ordo togis.	And then the pious order [of senators] in their saddened togas wept.
[flere vide]bantur tunc et fastigia Romae,	Then even the roofs of Rome seemed to weep,
[ipsaque tun]c gemitus edere tecta viae.	And then the houses themselves along the way (seemed) to give forth sighs.
[cedite sublim]as spirantum cedite honores,	Grant the highest (honors) of those who live, grant honors;
[celsus est culmen] mors quod huic tribuit.	Lofty is the height that death has assigned to him. Antiquit@s ist ein Projekt des Swiss Virtual Campus - Kontakt : sandrine.codourey(at)unifr.ch & Centre NTE - Université de Fribourg - Suisse