limina teque simul rediens in castra reducat. hunc bellis comitare favens, hunc redde togatum 215 consiliis. semper placidis te moribus egit servavitque piam victis nec polluit umquam laurum saevitia. cives nec fronte superba despicit aut trepidam vexat legionibus urbem; sed verus patriae consul cessantibus armis 220 contentus lictore venit nec inutile quaerit ferri praesidium solo munitus amore. Magnarum nec parcus opum geminare profundas distulit impensas, sed post miracula castris edita vel genero Romae maiora reservat. 225 auratos Rhodiis imbres nascente Minerva indulsisse Iovem perhibent, Bacchoque paternum iam pulsante femur mutatus palluit Hermus in pretium, votique famem passurus avari ditabat rutilo quidquid Mida tangeret auro; 230 fabula seu verum canitur: tua copia vicit fontem Hermi tactumque Midae pluviamque Tonantis. obscurat veteres obscurabitque futuros par donis armisque manus: si solveret ignis quot dedit inmanes vili pro pondere massas 235 argenti, potuere lacus et flumina fundi. Nec tibi, quae pariter silvis dominaris et astris, exiguam Stilicho movit, Latonia, curam: tu quoque nobilibus spectacula nostra laboras inlustrare feris summoque in vertice rupis 240 Alpinae socias arcu cessante pudicas * * * * * Page 59 and bear thee back with him to his armies. Accompany and bless him in war and give him back in robes of peace to our council-chambers. Always has he brought thee home in a spirit of mercy and kept thee kindly to the vanquished nor ever stained thy laurels with cruelty. He neither looks with disdain on his fellow-citizens nor harries the anxious city with his legionaries; but true consul now that the war is ended he comes accompanied only by his lictors nor seeks the useless protection of the sword, guarded only by a people’s love.