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This reminds me of Farya Faraji’s attempt at reconstructing historically accurate Ancient Roman music using Catullus 5: https://youtu.be/3z_QAPB3XeA?si=6gg6ThP32Sd-YH1U. Great stuff.

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Thank you. Very nice. Unfortunately there’s no evidence for historical performance, or any evidence of musical accompaniment of Latin lyric of this period. That shouldn’t prevent imaginative recreation like this, and it’s good to get the metre right as he does.

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My favorite Cicero, "Res publica corruptissima plures leges," The most corrupt republic had more laws.

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Yes, more laws than others less corrupt, so perhaps translate "The most corrupt republic was the one with the most laws".

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