Aen. 9.25Iamque omnis campīs exercitus ībat apertīs,
dīves equum, dīves pictāï vestis et aurī;And now the whole army was advancing over the open plains, rich in horses, rich in embroidered robes and gold; Aen. 9.27Messāpus prīmās aciēs, postrēma coercent
Tyrrhidae iuvenēs, mediō dux agmine Turnus,
30Ceu septem surgēns sēdātīs amnibus altus
per tacitum Gangēs aut pinguī flūmine Nīlus
cum refluit campīs et iam sē condidit alveō.Messapus controls the front ranks, the young sons of Tyrrhus the rear, and Turnus the leader is in the middle of the column, like the Ganges rising deep in silence, fed by its seven calm streams, or the Nile with its rich flood when it ebbs back from the fields and has now settled into its channel. Aen. 9.33Hīc subitam nigrō glomerārī pulvere nūbem
prōspiciunt Teucrī ac tenebrās īnsurgere campīs.Here the Teucrians see from afar a sudden cloud massing with black dust, and darkness rising over the plains. Aen. 9.35Prīmus ab adversā conclāmat mōle Caīcus:
Quis globus, ō cīvēs, cālīgine volvitur ātrā?Caicus is the first to cry out from the rampart facing it: 'What mass is this, citizens, rolling on in black gloom?
Aen. 9.37Ferte citī ferrum, date tēla, ascendite mūrōs,
hostis adest, Hēia!Quick, bring swords, hand out weapons, man the walls; the enemy is here, ho!' Aen. 9.38Ingentī clamōre per omnīs
condunt sē Teucrī portās et moenia complent.With a great shout the Teucrians take refuge through all the gates and fill the walls. Aen. 9.40Namque ita discēdēns praecēperat optumus armīs
Aenēās: Sīqua intereā fortūna fuisset,
neu struere audērent aciem neu crēdere campō;For so Aeneas, best in arms, had instructed them on leaving: if any chance should arise meanwhile, they were not to dare to draw up a battle line or trust themselves to the plain; Aen. 9.43castra modo et tūtōs servārent aggere mūrōs.only to guard the camp and the walls kept safe by the rampart. Aen. 9.44Ergō etsī cōnferre manum pudor īraque mōnstrat,
45obiciunt portās tamen et praecepta facessunt
armātīque cavīs expectant turribus hostem.Therefore, although shame and anger urge them to join battle, they nevertheless bar the gates and carry out his orders, and, armed, await the enemy in their hollow towers.