Titus Livius's Roman History, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Titus Livius's Roman History, Vol. 1: Translated Into English, and Illustrated With Notes, Critical, Historical, and Geographical, For the Use of Students in HumanityThe event of this a¿'air is difi'erently related. Accord ing to {mne'authors, Latinus being defeated in battle, lirft'made a. Peace with Eneas, which was afterwards confirmed by a matrimonial alliance but others eon tend, that when bath armies ¿ood drawnup in order of battle, before the fignalmas given, Latinus advancing among his nobles, invited the Leader of the foreigners to an interview. He then enquired who they were, whence they came, What had obliged them to leave their country, and what theywanted in the territory of Lau rentum? After he had been informed that the people were Trojans, who, under the conduct of Eneas, the fun of Anchifes and Venus, after their country was de. Liroyed, 'lrad°wandered in quelt of a fettlement, and a fpot upon'which theysmight build a city, admiring the majeliic appearance of the man, the dignity of his fa mily, 'and withal a Pool equally prepared for peace or war, , he'confirmed to'bim a promife of fdture amity, by givibg'him'the hand of friendlbip.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.