An Asyndeton Filling Hexameter in Prudentius

Prudentius, Against Symmachus 2.807-811 (tr. H.J. Thomson): Life is common to all, but merit is not. And accordingly Roman, Dahan, Sarmatian, Vandal, Hun, Gaetulian, Alamannian, Saxon, Galaulian, all walk on the same earth, all have the same sky and the same ocean bounding our world. vivere commune est, sed non commune mereri. denique Romanus, Daha, Sarmata, Vandalus, Hunnus, Gaetulus, Garamans, Alamannus, Saxo, Galaula, una omnes gradiuntur humo, caelum omnibus unum est, 810 unus et oceanus, nostrum qui continet orbem. Line 809 is a hexameter consisting entirely of ethonyms in asyndeton. For similar hexameter lines in Greek and Latin see: Some Lines in Lucretius Asyndeton Filling Hexameters (includes eight other examples from Prudentius) Asyndeton Filling Hexameters in Sidonius Verse-Filling Asyndeton Verse-Filling Asyndeton: Some Greek Examples Another Greek Example of Verse-Filling Asyndeton More Examples of Asyndeton Filling Hexameters Asyndeton Filling Hexameters in Corippus…