"Marmoreo Licinus tumulo jacet, at Cato parvo, Pompeius nullo. Quis putet esse deos? Saxa premunt Licinum, levat altum Fama Catonem, Pompeium tituli. Credimus esse deos."
— Varro Atacinus

January 1, 1970

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:Marmoreo Licinus tumulo jacet, at Cato nullo, Pompeius parvo: credimus esse deos?In a marble tomb Licinus lies; yet Cato lies in none and Pompey in but a small: Do we believe there are gods?