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is the place that Caesar Augustus found a city built of brick, and left built of marble.

He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick... he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accept, mamoream relinquit.] Suetonius

is a man especially given to passions for boys.

He [Virgil] was tall and of full habit, with a dark complexion and a rustic appearance. His health was variable; for he very often suffered from stomach and throat troubles, as well as with headache; and he also had frequent haemorrhages. He ate and drank but little. He was especially given to passions for boys... It is common report that he also had an intrigue with Plotia Hieria. ... Certain it is that for the rest of his life he was so modest in speech and thought, that at Naples he was commonly called "Parthenias" ("The Maiden"), and that whenever he appeared in public in Rome, where he very rarely went, he would take refuge in the nearest house, to avoid those who followed and pointed him out.

is a man with variable health; for he very often suffered from stomach and throat troubles, as well as with headache; and he also had frequent haemorrhages.

is a tall man and of full habit, with a dark complexion and a rustic appearance.

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