Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina

huic vineis, quodcumque domas. nil fata relinquunt

for him you conquer whatever you subdue. The fates leave nothing

hic medium: percussor enim si respuis esse,

in between here: for if you refuse to be his assassin,

servus eris. certe recto si tramite servat

you will be his slave. Surely, if by a straight path the Chaldean

sidera Chaldaeus, novit si gramina Colchus,

observes the stars, if the Colchian knows herbs,

fulgura si Tuscus, si Thessalus elicit umbras,

if the Etruscan [knows] lightning, if the Thessalian draws forth shades,

si Lyciae sortes sapiunt, si nostra volatu

if the lots of Lycia are wise, if by their flight

fata locuntur aves, doctis balatibus Hammon

the birds speak our fates, if with learned bleatings Hammon

si sanctum sub Syrte gemit, si denique verum,

groans something holy beneath the Syrtis, if, lastly, you sing the truth,

Phoebe, Themis, Dodona, canis, post tempora nostra

Phoebus, Themis, Dodona, after our times