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Inlusit dehinc Neroni fortuna per vanitatem ipsius et
promissa Caeselli Bassi, qui origine Poenus, mente turbida,
nocturnae quietis imaginem ad spem haud dubiae rei traxit,
vectusque Romam, principis aditum emercatus, expromit
repertum in agro suo specum altitudine immensa, quo
magna vis auri contineretur, non in formam pecuniae sed
rudi et antiquo pondere. lateres quippe praegravis iacere,
adstantibus parte alia columnis; quae per tantum aevi
occulta augendis praesentibus bonis. ceterum, ut coniectura demonstrabat, Dido Phoenissam Tyro profugam condita Carthagine illas opes abdidisse, ne novus populus
nimia pecunia lasciviret aut reges Numidarum, et alias
infensi, cupidine auri ad bellum accenderentur.
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