Word: superbus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...away to Ciampino airport and flew to join his family in Portugal. In a few days the Assembly would convene in Monte Citorio palace. As its members drafted a constitution for the new Italian republic, a tapestried legend on the wall would recall Italy's last king: PHARAO SUPERBUS ASCENDERE CUPIEBAT ET IN PROFUNDUM DESCENDIT QUASI LAPIS-Haughty Pharaoh craved the heights, but fell into the depths like a stone...
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