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10 Nov 2015

Epitaph for Paccius and Germilla



Paccius hic ego sum Germilla compare gaudens.
viximus heu nimium frugi, dum iussa tulerunt,
atque per emensum spatiis transegimus aevum,
coniuge cum sancta suscepta prole potitus,
per senos iterumque decem sat fecimus annos.
tristia sunt natis, sed multum grata parenti,
ut prior in pacem cedat subolemque relinquet.


Epitaphios Paccio et Germillae



Here I Paccius rejoice to be joined with Germilla.
We lived very frugally while the commands we bore,
And our service done we passed from the world.
Sacred marriage undertaken we obtained a child,
For sixteen years we did what was required.
Grief to offspring, but much happiness to parents,
That before passing into peace they left a child.

Epitaph for Paccius and Germilla

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