Book 8.319-327
Evander describes the Golden Age of Latium under Saturn's rule, when peace flourished.
Primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo,
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arma Iovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis.
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Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis
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composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari
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maluit, his quoniam latuisset tutis in oris.
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Aurea quae perhibent illo sub rege fuere
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saecula. Sic placida populos in pace regebat,
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deterior donec paulatim ac decolor aetas
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et belli rabies et amor successit habendi.
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