In Verrem, 2.2.4 (2)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
In Verrem, 2.2.4 (2)
Quotation
… sed ita reliquit ornatam ut esset idem monumentum victoriae, mansuetudinis, continentiae, cum homines viderent et quid expugnasset et quibus pepercisset et quae reliquisset.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Syracuse, Sicily
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Statues, paintings
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
General Marcus Marcellus
Notes
From the wider context and other accounts of the incident. Marcellus leaves these objects in Syracuse rather than plundering them.
Item Identifier
A00067
Determination
Derived directly from text