Use the inverse of the matrix to decode the cryptogram:
51 72 27 38 27 36 38 57 59 81 42 61
Divide the message into groups of two (the matrix A is a 2 x 2) to form the coded row matrices and multiply each coded row matrix by A-1 on the right.
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ROME IS COOL
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