"Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit Litora."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Epic poetryWorks by Virgil
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Arma virumque cano are "the most famous words in Roman poetry", according to Harry Mount and John Davie, Et tu, Brute?: The Best Latin Lines Ever (Bloomsbury, 2022), p. 28