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expel_v rome_n flee_v for_o safety_n and_o by_o he_o be_v well_o accept_v he_o end_v his_o day_n in_o cuma_n afterward_o the_o cumani_n be_v overcome_v and_o for_o some_o time_n evil_o entreat_v by_o the_o campani_a say_v strabo_n but_o in_o subsequent_a time_n there_o be_v no_o fort_n strong_a enough_o to_o resist_v the_o roman_n all_o those_o people_n be_v at_o one_o instant_a of_o time_n reduce_v under_o the_o say_a roman_n who_o set_v a_o praefect_n over_o the_o city_n cuma_n for_o that_o that_o people_n will_v too_o obstinate_o have_v fight_v for_o defence_n of_o their_o liberty_n afterward_o that_o city_n run_v retrograde_a lose_v its_o splendour_n and_o inhabitant_n for_o that_o the_o roman_n by_o their_o greatness_n measure_v their_o pride_n possess_v themselves_o of_o all_o that_o campania_n or_o country_n erect_v therein_o their_o luxurious_a and_o most_o sumptuous_a palace_n which_o not_o only_o obscure_v cuma_n but_o all_o the_o adjacent_a city_n who_o be_v bereave_v of_o 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of_o justinian_n the_o emperor_n after_o a_o long_a siege_n make_v himself_o lord_n of_o it_o but_o at_o present_a nought_o hereof_o remain_v save_v only_o immense_a ruin_n foundation_n and_o profound_a ditch_n cut_v into_o the_o hard_a stony_a rock_n with_o chisel_n in_o the_o departure_n from_o cuma_n you_o often_o fall_v upon_o parcel_n of_o the_o via_fw-la domitiana_n now_o interrupt_v in_o many_o place_n and_o great_a ruin_n of_o a_o stone_n bridge_n raise_v over_o the_o volturnus_n domitian_n cau_fw-fr sed_fw-la this_o way_n to_o be_v make_v begin_v from_o the_o via_fw-la appia_n between_o minturue_a and_o sinvessa_n and_o so_o lead_v to_o cuma_n statius_n papinius_n in_o his_o hendecasillibi_n or_o verse_n of_o eleven_o syllable_n make_v mention_n of_o cuma_n the_o above_o name_v bridge_n and_o a_o triumphal_a arch_n of_o marble_n place_v on_o the_o same_o way_n whereof_o no_o fragment_n be_v now_o to_o be_v find_v linterno_fw-la and_o why_o now_o call_v the_o tower_n of_o the_o 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