Hostis ut Ausoniis decederet advena terris, fatidicae fuerant oracula prisca Sibyllae, caelicolum Phrygia genetricem sede petitam Laomedonteae sacrandam moenibus urbis; advectum exciperet numen, qui, lectus ab omni concilio patrum, praesentis degeret aevi optimus.
In ancient times the Sibyl had foretold that, in order to dislodge an invader from Italian soil, the Romans must invite the Mother of the Godsa to leave her seat in Phrygia, and must set up her worship within the walls of their city; and the goddess must be received at her landing by that citizen whom the whole body of the Senate chose out as the most virtuous of men then living.
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