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arcus Titī I

postrīdiē māne ingēns Rōmānōrum multitūdō ad arcum Titī
undique conveniēbat. diēs fēstus ab omnibus cīvibus
celebrābātur. Imperātor Domitiānus eō diē frātrī Titō arcum
dēdicātūrus erat. iussū Imperātōris pompa magnifica tōtam per
5  urbem dūcēbātur.
    multae sellae ā servīs prope arcum pōnēbantur. illūc multī
senātōrēs, spē favōris Domitiānī, conveniēbant. inter eōs Salvius,
togam splendidam gerēns, locum quaerēbat ubi cōnspicuus
esset. inter equitēs, quī post senātōrēs stābant, aderat Haterius
10  ipse. favōrem Imperātōris avidē spērābat, et in animō volvēbat
quandō ā Salviō praemium prōmissum acceptūrus esset.
    āra ingēns, prō arcū exstrūcta, ā servīs flōribus ōrnābātur.
circum āram stābant vīgintī sacerdōtēs. aderant quoque
haruspicēs quī exta victimārum īnspicerent.
15      intereā pompa lentē per Viam Sacram dūcēbātur. prīmā in
parte incēdēbant tubicinēs, tubās īnflantēs. post eōs vēnērunt
iuvenēs, quī trīgintā taurōs corōnīs ōrnātōs ad sacrificium
dūcēbant. tum multī servī, quī gāzam Iūdaeōrum portābant,
prīmam pompae partem claudēbant. huius gāzae pars
20  pretiōsissima erat mēnsa sacra, tubae, candēlābrum, quae omnia
aurea erant.
    septem captīvī Iūdaeī, quī mediā in pompā incēdēbant, ā
spectātōribus vehementer dērīdēbantur. quīnque puerī, serēnō
vultū incēdentēs, clāmōrēs et contumēliās neglegēbant, sed duae
25  fēminae plūrimīs lacrimīs spectātōrēs ōrābant ut līberīs
parcerent.
    post captīvōs vēnit Domitiānus ipse, currū magnificō vectus.
post Imperātōrem ībant ambō cōnsulēs, quōrum alter erat L.
Flāvius Silva. magistrātūs nōbilissimī effigiem Titī in umerīs
30  portābant. ā mīlitibus pompa claudēbātur.

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