“Presence will minish awe.”

—  Claudian

De Bello Gildonico, line 387 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_Bello_Gildonico*.html#385. <br class="br">Variant translation: Presence diminishes fame.

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Roman Latin poet 370–404

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