Ille ego sum Scorpus, clamosi gloria Circi,
plausus, Roma, tui deliciaeque breves,
invida quem Lachesis raptum trieteride nona,
dum numerat palmas, credidit esse senem.
The tag hanging from this scroll identifies it as poem 53 in the tenth book of Epigrams by the poet Martial.
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Ille ego sum Scorpus, clamosi gloria Circi, |