Aen. 8.306Exim sē cūnctī dīvīnīs rēbus ad urbem
perfectīs referunt.Then, the sacred rites completed, they all make their way back to the city. Aen. 8.307Ībat rēx obsitus aevō
et comitem Aenēān iūxtā nātumque tenēbat
ingrediēns variōque viam sermōne levābat.The king walked, beset with age, and kept Aeneas and his son beside him as companions as he went, and lightened the way with varied talk. Aen. 8.310mīrātur facilīsque oculōs fert omnia circum
Aenēās capiturque locīs et singula laetus
exquīritque auditque virum monimenta priōrum.Aeneas marvels and turns his ready eyes on everything around, and is captivated by the places, and gladly asks about and hears of each memorial of the men of old. Aen. 8.313Tum rēx Euandrus, Rōmānae conditor arcis:
Haec nemora indigenae faunī nymphaeque tenēbant
315gēnsque virum truncīs et dūrō rōbore nāta,
Quīs neque mōs neque cultus erat, nec iungere taurōs
aut compōnere opēs nōrant aut parcere partō,
sed rāmī atque asper vīctū vēnātus alēbat.Then King Evander, founder of the Roman citadel: 'These groves were held by native Fauns and Nymphs, and a race of men born from tree trunks and hard oak, who had no custom or culture, and did not know how to yoke bulls or to store up wealth or to husband what they had gained, but branches and hunting, a harsh way of living, fed them.
Aen. 8.319Prīmus ab aetheriō vēnit Sāturnus Olympō,
320arma Iovis fugiēns et regnīs exsul adēmptīs.First came Saturn from heavenly Olympus, fleeing the arms of Jupiter, an exile from his stolen kingdom. Aen. 8.321Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altīs
composuit lēgēsque dedit Latiumque vocārī
māluit, hīs quoniam latuisset tūtīs in ōrīs.He brought together the unruly race, scattered over the high mountains, and gave them laws, and chose that the land be called Latium, since he had lain hidden safe on these shores. Aen. 8.324Aurea quae perhibent illō sub rēge fuēre
325saecula.Under that king were the ages they call golden. Aen. 8.325Sīc placidā populōs in pāce regēbat,
dēterior dōnec paulātim ac dēcolor aetās
et bellī rabiēs et amor successit habendī.So he ruled the peoples in tranquil peace, until little by little a worse and tarnished age took its place, and the madness of war and the love of possession. Aen. 8.328Tum manus Ausonia et gentēs vēnēre Sicānae,
saepius et nōmen posuit Sāturnia tellūs;Then came the Ausonian band and the Sicanian peoples, and more often the land of Saturn laid aside its name; Aen. 8.330tum rēgēs asperque immānī corpore Thybris,
ā quō post Italī fluvium cognōmine Thybrim
dīximus, āmīsit vērum vetus Albula nōmen;then came kings, and fierce Thybris of huge body, after whom we Italians later called the river by the name Thybris; old Albula lost its true name; Aen. 8.333mē pulsum patriā pelagīque extrēma sequentem
Fortūna omnipotēns et inēluctābile fātum
335hīs posuēre locīs mātrisque ēgēre tremenda
Carmentis nymphae monita et deus auctor Apollo.me, driven from my homeland and following the furthest reaches of the sea, all-powerful Fortune and inescapable fate settled in these places, and the awesome warnings of my mother, the nymph Carmentis, and the god Apollo, my guide, drove me here.'