Laudatio Turiae

The Laudatio Turiae is a Latin funerary inscription from the late first century BC, in which a husband praises the remarkable courage and devotion of his wife, Turia, during the upheavals of the civil wars. In this passage he recalls how she supported him during his exile.

 

Tier 1

tū mē multum adiūvistī. ego fugiēbam, et tū mihi auxilia maxima dedistī. tū omne aurum tuum mihi dedistī. tū omnia dē corpore tuō remōvistī et mihi trādidistī. sīc vītam meam meliōrem fēcistī.

ego aberam. adversāriī custōdēs habēbant. sed tū custōdēs dēcēpistī. tū mihi pecūniam et cibōs clam mīsistī. sīc mē dīvitem fēcistī.

tū etiam prō vītā meā rogābās, quia ego aberam. fortis erās, et virtūs tua tē hortābātur. adversāriī erant, sed verba tua eōs vīcērunt. clēmentia eōrum mē servābat. semper tamen vōx tua fortis erat.

intereā turba hominum ad domum nostram vēnit. Mīlō, vir quī ex urbe pulsus erat, hōs hominēs mīserat. ego domum Mīlōnis ēmeram. illī hominēs domum nostram capere volēbant, quia bellum cīvīle erat. sed tū eōs pepulistī et domum nostram dēfendistī.

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