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CALVUS IN RUINS by CHARLES MARTIN

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First Line: VENUS LOVES NOTING MORE THAN JUICY GOSSIP
Last Line: this also pleases her, delights the golden Venus of Eryx
Subject(s): ROMAN EMPIRE; CALVUS, LICINIUS MACER (82-47 B.C.);
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