The History of Rome: From the Earliest State of the Commonwealth to the Dissolution of the Empire (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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Excerpt from The History of Rome: From the Earliest State of the Commonwealth to the Dissolution of the Empire

The Romans were panicularly desirous of be ing thought descended from the gods, as if to hide the meanness of their real ancestry. Eneas, the son of Venus and Anchises, having escaped from the destruction of Troy, after many adventures anddangers, arrived in Italy [a. M. Where he was kindly received by Latinus, king of the Latins, who gave him his daughter Lavinia in marriage. Tamas, king of the Rutuli, was the first who opposed Eneas, he having long made pretensions to Lavinia himself. A war ensued, in which the Trojan here was victorious, and Towns slain. In consequence of this, [eneas built a city which was called Larinium, in honor of his wife: and sometime after, engaging in an other war against Mezentius, one of the petty kings of the country, he was vanquished in turn, and died in battle, after a reign of four years.

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