“Death renders all equal.”

—  Claudian

De Raptu Proserpinae Bk. II, line 302 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_Raptu_Proserpinae/2*.html#302.
Variant translation: Death makes all things equal.

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Omnia mors aequat.

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Claudian 11
Roman Latin poet 370–404

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