Antiquae urbis Romae cum regionibus simulachrum

M. FABIUS CALVUS, CITIZEN OF RAVENNA, DEDICATED THIS TO THE DIVINE CLEMENT VII, SUPREME PONTIFF.

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JUST AS the City of Rome grew gradually, Most Holy Pope Clement VII, Your Clemency will perceive from this: how it was organized, and how it was governed. All the more must it be deplored that it has come to such a shameful corpse, in that it has endured so many insanities, furies, revelries, and the incursions of the Goths, Ostrogoths, Huns, Totila, and immense barbarians.

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