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Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (fl. 5th century) was a Roman Imperial poet, best known for his Latin poem, De reditu suo, in elegiac metre, describing a coastal voyage from Rome to Gaul in 417. The poem was in two books; the exordium of the first and the greater part of the second have been lost. What remains consists of about seven hundred lines.
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βQuod regnas minus est quam quod regnare mereris:
excedis factis grandia fata tuis.β
excedis factis grandia fata tuis.β
β''Exaudi, regina tui pulcherrima mundi,
inter sidereos Roma recepta polos,
exaudi, genetrix hominum genetrixque deorum,
non procul a caelo per tua templa sumus.β
inter sidereos Roma recepta polos,
exaudi, genetrix hominum genetrixque deorum,
non procul a caelo per tua templa sumus.β
βAtque utinam numquam Iudaea subacta fuisset
Pompeii bellis imperiisque Titi!
latius excisae pestis contagia serpunt,
victoresque suos natio victa premit.β
Pompeii bellis imperiisque Titi!
latius excisae pestis contagia serpunt,
victoresque suos natio victa premit.β
βFecisti patriam diversis gentibus unam:
profuit iniustis te dominante capi.
dumque offers victis proprii consortia iuris,
urbem fecisti quod prius orbis erat.β
profuit iniustis te dominante capi.
dumque offers victis proprii consortia iuris,
urbem fecisti quod prius orbis erat.β
βPercensere labor densis decora alta tropaeis
ut si quis stellas pernumerare velit;
confunduntque vagos delubra micantia visus:
ipsos crediderim sicβ habitare deos.β
ut si quis stellas pernumerare velit;
confunduntque vagos delubra micantia visus:
ipsos crediderim sicβ habitare deos.β
βImpulsus furiis homines terrasque reliquit
et turpem latebram credulus exsul adit,
infelix putat illuvie caelestia pasci
seque premit laesis saevior ipse deis.
num, rogo, deterior Circaeis secta venenis?
tunc mutabantur corpora, nunc animi.β
et turpem latebram credulus exsul adit,
infelix putat illuvie caelestia pasci
seque premit laesis saevior ipse deis.
num, rogo, deterior Circaeis secta venenis?
tunc mutabantur corpora, nunc animi.β
About Rutilius Claudius Namatianus
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (fl. 5th century) was a Roman Imperial poet, best known for his Latin poem, De reditu suo, in elegiac metre, describing a coastal voyage from Rome to Gaul in 417. The poem was in two books; the exordium of the first and the greater part of the second have been lost. What remains consists of about seven hundred lines.