An. 1.283 - 1.296
Clark, Brian R. / CM
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Latin
English
sic placitum . Veniet lustris labentibus aetas ,
cum domus Assaraci Phthiam clarasque Mycenas
servitio premet , ac victis dominabitur Argis .
Nascetur pulchra Troianus origine Caesar ,
imperium oceano , famam qui terminet astris , —
Iulius , a magno demissum nomen Iulo .
Hunc tu olim caelo , spoliis Orientis onustum ,
accipies secura ; vocabitur hic quoque votis .
Aspera tum positis mitescent saecula bellis ;
cana Fides , et Vesta , Remo cum fratre Quirinus ,
iura dabunt ; dirae ferro et compagibus artis
claudentur Belli portae ; Furor impius intus ,
saeva sedens super arma , et centum vinctus aenis
post tergum nodis , fremet horridus ore cruento . '
cum domus Assaraci Phthiam clarasque Mycenas
servitio premet , ac victis dominabitur Argis .
Nascetur pulchra Troianus origine Caesar ,
imperium oceano , famam qui terminet astris , —
Iulius , a magno demissum nomen Iulo .
Hunc tu olim caelo , spoliis Orientis onustum ,
accipies secura ; vocabitur hic quoque votis .
Aspera tum positis mitescent saecula bellis ;
cana Fides , et Vesta , Remo cum fratre Quirinus ,
iura dabunt ; dirae ferro et compagibus artis
claudentur Belli portae ; Furor impius intus ,
saeva sedens super arma , et centum vinctus aenis
post tergum nodis , fremet horridus ore cruento . '
So
it
is
decreed
.
A
time
will
come
,
as
the
years
glide
by
,
when the Trojan house of Assaracus will force Phthia
into slavery , and be lords of beaten Argos .
From this glorious source a Trojan Caesar will be born ,
who will bound the empire with Ocean , his fame with the stars ,
Augustus , a Julius , his name descended from the great Iulus .
You , no longer anxious , will receive him one day in heaven ,
burdened with Eastern spoils : he’ll be called to in prayer .
Then with wars abandoned , the harsh ages will grow mild :
White haired Trust , and Vesta , Quirinus with his brother Remus
will make the laws : the gates of War , grim with iron ,
and narrowed by bars , will be closed : inside impious Rage will roar
frighteningly from blood-stained mouth , seated on savage weapons ,
hands tied behind his back , with a hundred knots of bronze . ’
when the Trojan house of Assaracus will force Phthia
into slavery , and be lords of beaten Argos .
From this glorious source a Trojan Caesar will be born ,
who will bound the empire with Ocean , his fame with the stars ,
Augustus , a Julius , his name descended from the great Iulus .
You , no longer anxious , will receive him one day in heaven ,
burdened with Eastern spoils : he’ll be called to in prayer .
Then with wars abandoned , the harsh ages will grow mild :
White haired Trust , and Vesta , Quirinus with his brother Remus
will make the laws : the gates of War , grim with iron ,
and narrowed by bars , will be closed : inside impious Rage will roar
frighteningly from blood-stained mouth , seated on savage weapons ,
hands tied behind his back , with a hundred knots of bronze . ’