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It smokes, and drives the Strymon river in Thrace with a huge blast.
The site is equal to the work; from here it opens the doors to those approaching,
Who, weary from wars, having asserted the gift of offspring,
Was the first to show our Gods the path to the heavens.
It is learned from the face how much gentler you are in arms,
You who, not prone to rage against external furies,
Grant faith to the Chatti Germanic tribe and the Dacians; as you carry the standards,
Even the son-in-law and Cato Roman statesman known for austerity would go less into the laws and the camps.
30 But from here the Julian related to the Imperial family temples guard the steps of the sides.
From the other side, the lofty palace of warlike Paulus referring to the Basilica of Paullus in the Forum.
Father, Concordia the goddess of agreement watches with a gentle face.
But he himself, enclosed by pure air upon his high head,
Shines over the temples, and you seem to look out,
Whether the new Palace might rise more beautifully
Than the flames that were despised: or whether the Trojan referring to the sacred fire of Vesta brought from Troy fire watches with a silent torch:
And whether Vesta goddess of the hearth praises the ministers already tested:
The right hand forbids battles: the Tritonian Minerva virgin
Does not burden the left, and she presents the neck cut by Medusa the Gorgon,
40 As if she were inciting the horse with goads: nor was a place ever
Chosen by a goddess more sweet, nor if the father himself were to hold
The hearts, which are able to unfold the cares of the world.
And who gave himself to Temese a city in Bruttium famous for copper, exhausted by all its metals.
The cloak hangs down from his back, his side with a quiet sword
Secure, how great is the blade with which he threatens
In winter nights, and Orion a constellation frightens the stars.
But the sonipes hoof-noisy one, i.e., the horse, imitating the character and spirit of a rider,
Raises his face more sharply, and threatens with his course.
For whom the neck stands with rigid manes, and along his powerful shoulders