Tarpeiae rupes superisque habitabile saxum et vos, virginea lucentes semper in ara Laomedonteae, Troiana altaria, flammae, heu quantum vobis fallacis imagine teli promisere dei! propius si pressa furenti hasta foret, clausae starent mortalibus Alpes, nec, Thrasymenne, tuis nunc Allia cederet undis.
Ye Tarpeian rocks, where the gods have their dwelling, and ye fires of Laomedon, altars of Troy,b that burn for ever with a flame tended by Vestals, how much, alas, Heaven promised to you by the appearance of that deceptive weapon! If the spear had pierced deeper into the fierce warrior, the Alps had been for ever closed to mortal men, and Alliac would not now rank after the waters of Lake Trasimene.
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