Percensere labor densis decora alta trophaeis,
ut si quis stellas pernumerare velit,
confunduntque vagos delubra micantia visus:
Ipsos crediderim sic habitare deos.

Quid loquar aerio pendentes fornice rivos,
qua vix imbriferas tolleret Iris aquas;
Hos potius dicas crevisse in sidera montes;
tale giganteum Graecia laudat opus?

Intercepta tuis conduntur flumina muris;
consumunt totos celsa lavacra lacus.
Nec minus et propriis celebrantur roscida venis
totaque nativo moenia fonte sonant.

Frigidus aestivas hinc temperat halitus auras
innocuamque levat purior unda sitim.
Nempe tibi subitus calidarum gurges aquarum
rupit Tarpeias hoste premente vias.

Si foret aeternus, casum fortasse putarem:
Auxilio fluxit qui rediturus erat.
Quid loquar inclusas inter laquearia silvas,
vernula qua vario carmine ludit avis.

Vere tuo numquam mulceri desinit annus;
deliciasque tuas victa tuetur hiems.
Erige crinales lauros seniumque sacrati
verticis in virides, Roma, refinge comas.
Aurea turrigero radient diademata cono
perpetuosque ignes aureus umbo vomat...

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What\'s all the fuss about chocolate? Why do so many people — particularly women — crave it so? Let us delve into the history of the confection for a few answers.

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The fauces or \"jaws\" was the principal entrance to the Roman domus.

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