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Ovid@ovid Β· c. 8 CE
The golden age was first; when, not yet constrained by any law, of its own accord, without compulsion, it cherished fidelity and virtue. Punishment and fear were absent; no threatening words were read on fixed bronze tablets; the crowd did not fear the face of a judge.
β Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book I.89β96 (trans. Henry T. Riley, 1851; original c. 8 CE)
Ancient Rome