Book 8.724-731
Vulcan has shown more people from the East on the shield in celebration of Augustus Caesar's triumph. Aeneas is amazed at the pictures that he does not understand. He lifts the shield onto his shoulder.
Hic Nomadum genus et discinctos Mulciber Afros,
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hic Lelegas Carasque sagittiferosque Gelonos
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finxerat; Euphrates ibat iam mollior undis,
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extremique hominum Morini, Rhenusque bicornis,
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indomitique Dahae, et pontem indignatus Araxes.
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Talia per clipeum Volcani, dona parentis,
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miratur rerumque ignarus imagine gaudet,
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attollens umero famamque et fata nepotum.
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