Book 11.879-886
As the Italians flee through the city gates, the Trojans attack with force. The gates are closed and some Italians are left outside the walls.
Qui cursu portas primi inrupere patentis,
879
hos inimica super mixto premit agmine turba;
880
nec miseram effugiunt mortem, sed limine in ipso,
881
moenibus in patriis atque inter tuta domorum
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confixi exspirant animas. Pars claudere portas:
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nec sociis aperire viam nec moenibus audent
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accipere orantis, oriturque miserrima caedes
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defendentum armis aditus inque arma ruentum.
886