Ennius, antiqua Messapi ab origine regis, miscebat primas acies, Latiaeque superbum vitis adornabat dextram decus; hispida tellus miserunt Calabri; Rudiae genuere vetustae; nunc Rudiae solo memorabile nomen alumno.
Foremost in the fight was Ennius, a scion of the ancient stock of King Messapus; and his right hand held the vine-staff,b the distinguishing badge of the Roman centurion. He came from the rugged land of Calabria, and he was a son of ancient Rudiae'Rudiae which now owes all her fame to this child of hers.
final_alignments\Silius_Italicus_Punica_Book12.json