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63. <Cn. Domitio M. Messala coss.> AUC 701/53 BC

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lupi in urbe visi. nocturni ululatus flebiles canum auditi. simulacrum Martis sudavit. fulmen tota urbe pervagatum pleraque deorum simulacra decussit, homines exanimavit. urbs lustrata. propter dictaturam Pompeii ingens seditio in urbe fuit. Wolves were seen in the city. At night a tearful wailing of dogs was heard. The statue of Mars sweated. Lightning overran the entire city and destroyed many statues of the gods and killed men. The city was lustrated. Because of the dictatorship of Pompeius there was a considerable uprising in the city.