80. On Domitian's Revival of Pugilism

Thou dost restore the wondrous days gone by,
And suffer not the hoary past to die;
For in the circus now by our old rite
Valour with simple strength of hand may fight.
So 'neath thy rule we tend each ancient shrine,
And worship Jove, yet hold the cot divine.
New rites established, old revived, we see:
What is, what was, alike we owe to thee.
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Martial
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