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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber IX 179<br />
At tuba terribilem son<strong>it</strong>um procul aere canoro<br />
increpu<strong>it</strong>, sequ<strong>it</strong>ur clamor caelumque remug<strong>it</strong>.<br />
accelerant acta par<strong>it</strong>er testudine Volsci 505<br />
et fossas implere parant ac uellere uallum;<br />
quaerunt pars ad<strong>it</strong>um et scalis ascendere muros,<br />
qua rara est acies interlucetque corona<br />
non tam spissa uiris. telorum effundere contra<br />
omne genus Teucri ac duris detrudere contis, 510<br />
adsueti longo muros defendere bello.<br />
saxa quoque infesto uoluebant pondere, si qua<br />
possent tectam aciem perrumpere, cum tamen omnis<br />
ferre iuuet subter densa testudine casus.<br />
nec iam sufficiunt. nam qua globus imminet ingens, 515<br />
immanem Teucri molem uoluuntque ruuntque,<br />
quae strau<strong>it</strong> Rutulos late armorumque resolu<strong>it</strong><br />
tegmina. nec curant caeco contendere Marte<br />
amplius audaces Rutuli, sed pellere uallo<br />
missilibus certant. 520<br />
parte alia horrendus uisu quassabat Etruscam<br />
pinum et fumiferos infert Mezentius ignis;<br />
at Messapus equum dom<strong>it</strong>or, Neptunia proles,<br />
rescind<strong>it</strong> uallum et scalas in moenia posc<strong>it</strong>.<br />
Vos, o Calliope, precor, aspirate canenti 525<br />
quas ibi tum ferro strages, quae funera Turnus<br />
edider<strong>it</strong>, quem quisque uirum demiser<strong>it</strong> Orco,<br />
et mecum ingentis oras euolu<strong>it</strong>e belli.<br />
Turris erat uasto suspectu et pontibus altis, 530<br />
opportuna loco, summis quam uiribus omnes<br />
expugnare Itali summaque euertere opum ui<br />
certabant, Troes contra defendere saxis<br />
perque cauas densi tela intorquere fenestras.<br />
princeps ardentem coniec<strong>it</strong> lampada Turnus 535<br />
et flammam adfix<strong>it</strong> lateri, quae plurima uento<br />
corripu<strong>it</strong> tabulas et postibus haes<strong>it</strong> adesis.<br />
turbati trepidare intus frustraque malorum<br />
uelle fugam. dum se glomerant retroque residunt<br />
in partem quae peste caret, tum pondere turris 540<br />
procubu<strong>it</strong> sub<strong>it</strong>o et caelum tonat omne fragore.<br />
semineces ad terram immani mole secuta
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