by Virgil
nox erat et terras animalia fessa per omnis
Tiberinus the river-God brings Aeneas helpful advice.
The Aeneid, Book 8, lines 26 - 67
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Aeneid Book 8, lines 347- 369
Aeneas tours the site of Rome
by Virgil
vix ea dicta, dehinc progressus monstrat et aram
A tour of the rustic country town that will become Rome
The Aeneid, Book 8, lines 416 - 463
Vulcan’s forge
Aeneid Book 8, lines 505 - 531
New allies for Aeneas
by Virgil
ipse oratores ad me regnique coronam
Evander suggests to Aeneas an alliance with the Etruscans
Aeneid Book 8, lines 678 - 684 and 714 - 731
The shield of Aeneas
by Virgil
hinc Augustus agens Italos in proelia Caesar
The decoration on Aeneas's new shield shows the future history of Rome, culminating in the triumphs of the Emperor Augustus
Aeneid Book 9, lines 54 - 66
Turnus the wolf
by Virgil
clamorem excipiunt socii fremituque sequuntur
Turnus descends on the camp like a wolf on the sheep-fold
Aeneid Book 9, lines 98 - 122
Aeneas’s ships are transformed
Aeneid Book 9, lines 410 - 449
The death of Euryalus and Nisus
by Virgil
dixerat et toto conixus corpore ferrum
Comrades and lovers, Nisus and Euryalus find death together
Aeneid Book 9, lines 791 - 818