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quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam posthabita coluisse Samo:
- and it is said that Juno loved this land uniquely beyond all others; even Samos came secondhic illius arma, hic currus fuit;- here she kept her chariot and armor
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tantaene animis caelestibus irae?
- Can such resentment hold the minds of gods?
Urbs antiqua fuit (Tyrii tenuere coloni) Karthago
- There once was an ancient city called Carthage, a colony of refugees from TyreItaliam contra Tiberinaque longe ostia- a city facing Italy, but far away from Tiber's mouth:dives opum studiisque asperrima belli,- Carthage had wealth and power; and had skill and ferocity in war,
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dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio;
- until he brought a city into being and carried in his gods to Latium;genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae- and that was the origin of the Latin race, the Lords of Alba, and the proud battlements of Rome.Musa, mihi causas memora,- Tell me the reason, Muse:quo numine laeso quidve dolens regina deum tot volvere casus insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulerit.-