Example
Gaddi was fond of turning historical minutiae into short poems, as in this Latin example, De Nerio II et Antonio II Acciaiolis fratribus ducibus Athenarum, which celebrates the co-rule in Athens of the two Florentine brothers Nerio II and Antonio II Acciaioli:
- Nobile par fratrum, Graecos Dux rexit uterque
- Non simul, alterno tempore sceptra ferens.
- Gesserat haec Nerius, quo pulso Antonius ardens
- Rursus at extincto fratre gerit Nerius.
- Nimium Pollux et Castor in urbe fuissent,
- Si fratrum illis gratia sanctus amor.
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