militis; Illyricis sudant equitatibus alae: sola novum Latiis vectigal Hiberia rebus contulit Augustos. fruges, aeraria, miles undique conveniunt totoque ex orbe leguntur: 65 haec generat qui cuncta regant. nec laude virorum censeri contenta fuit, nisi matribus aeque vinceret et gemino certatim splendida sexu Flaccillam Mariamque daret pulchramque Serenam. Te nascente ferunt per pinguia culta tumentem 70 divitiis undasse Tagum; Callaecia risit floribus et roseis formosus Duria ripis vellere purpureo passim mutavit ovile. Cantaber Oceanus vicino litore gemmas expuit; effossis nec pallidus Astur oberrat 75 montibus: oblatum sacris natalibus aurum vulgo vena vomit, Pyrenaeisque sub antris ignea flumineae legere ceraunia Nymphae; quaeque relabentes undas aestumque secutae in refluos venere palam Nereides amnes 80 confessae plausu dominam cecinere futuris auspicium thalamis. alio tum parvus in axe crescebat Stilicho votique ignarus agebat, debita cui longe coniunx, penitusque remoto orbe parabatur tanti concordia fati. 85 Nec tua mortalis meruit cunabula nutrix. ubera prima dabant gremio redolente Napaeae ternaque te nudis innectens Gratia membris adflavit docuitque loqui. quacumque per herbam reptares, fluxere rosae, candentia nasci 90 * * * * * Page 245 Illyria produces stout horsemen for our cavalry. But Spain alone pays that rarest tribute--the gift of emperors. Corn, money, soldiers come from all the world over and are gathered together from every quarter of the globe; Spain gives us men to govern and direct all this. Nor was she content to be esteemed only for her famous heroes, did she not also excel in heroines, and, emulous to win glory from either sex, bestow upon us Flaccilla,[99] Maria, and the fair Serena.