atque hic perlustrans aditus, fulgentia cernit arcis templa iugo, quorum tum Virrius, altae immitis ductor Capuae, primordia pandit: non est hoc, inquit, nostri, quod suspicis, aevi; maiores fecere manus.
And here, while studying all the means of approach, he saw a temple shining on the summit of the citadel; and Virrius,b the harsh governor of proud Capua, then explained its origin. That building above us, he said, was not the work of our time: it was raised by other hands in ancient days.
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