Excerpt from M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia Cum Indice Rerum: Ad Optimorum Librorum FidemQuis furor, o cives, quae tanta licentia ferri Gentibus invisis Latium pra9bere cruorem'! 10 Quumque superba foret Babylon spofianda tr phaeis Ausouus, umbraque erratet Crassus inulta, Bella gevi placuit nullos habitura triumphos'! Heu quantum terrae potuit pelagique paran' Hoc, quem civile:: hauserunt, sanguine, dextra 15 Unde venit Titan, et nox vbi sidera condit, Quaque dies medina ¿agrantibus aestuat ho ris, Et qua bruma, rigens ac nescia vere remitti, Adstringit Scythico glacialem fligore pon tum! Sub iuga iam Seres, iam barbatus isset Aran-s, 20 Et gens si qua iacet nascenti conscia Nilo. 'l'unc, si tantus amor belli tibi Roma, nefandi, 'l'otum sub Latias leges quam miseris orhem, ln te verte manus: nondum tibi defuit hostis. At nunc semirutis pendent quod moenia tcctis 25 Urbibus Italiae, lapsisque ingentia muris Saxa iacent, nulloque domus custode tenen tor, Rams et antiquis habitator in urbibus errat, Horrida quod dumis, multosque inarata per a' nos Hesperia est, desuntque manus poscentibus arvi 30 Non tu, Pyrrhe ferox nec tantis cladìbus auch Poonas erit: nulli penitas discindere ferro Contigit: alta sedent civilis vulnera dextrae. Quod si non aliam venturo fata Neroni lnvenere viam, magnoque aeterna parantur 35 Regna deis coelumque suo servire tonanti Non nisi snevorum potuit post bella gigantum, lam nihil, o superi querimur: scelera ipsa uefa: ue Hac intercede placent: diros Phalrsalia campos lmpleat, et Poeni saturenl'ur sanguine manos.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.