“A cry like the last yell when warring cities are opened up.”

—  Statius , book Thebaid

Source: Thebaid, Book III, Line 56. J. H. Mozley's translation: "...that last cry when cities are flung open to the victors".

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Clamorem, bello supremus apertis urbibus.

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