tum facta silentia linguis, et Venulus dicto parens ita farier infit: Vidimus, o cives, Diomedem Argivaque castra, atque iter emensi casus superavimus omnis, contigimusque manum qua concidit Ilia tellus.
Then silence fell on all tongues and, obedient to his word, Venulus thus begins:       Citizens, we have seen Diomedes and his Argive camp; we have achieved our journey, overcome all perils, and grasped the hand by which the land of Ilium fell.