nunc spolia in templo tria condita: causa Feretri, omine quod certo dux ferit ense ducem; seu quia victa suis umeris haec arma ferebant, hinc Feretri dictast ara superba Iovis.
Now the three spoils are laid up in a temple: hence Feretrius name, because with heavens sure favour chief smote chief with the sword: or perhaps the proud altar of Feretrian Jupiter is so called because victors bore on their shoulders the armour of those they vanquished.
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