Study the lives of the heroes of old to accustom thee for wars that are to be.
Such was Apollo when he slew the livid serpent that enfolded and brake down forests in his dying coils.
But when later this same dog grows old and dirty and droops his mangy ears he looses him, and, taking off his collar, at least saves that.
Are not the phrases, imperium Oceano and spoliis Orientis onustum a direct reference to this triumph which, of course, Vergil saw?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "spoliis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
