Don’t you recall whose lands you settled here, the men who press around you? On one side the Gaetulian cities, fighters matchless in battle, unbridled Numidians—Syrtes, the treacherous Sandbanks. On the other side an endless desert, parched earth where the wild Barcan marauders range at will. Why mention the war that’s boiling up in Tyre, your brother’s deadly threats? I think, in fact, the favor of all the gods and Juno’s backing drove these Trojan ships on the winds that sailed them here. 60 Think what a city you will see, my sister, what a kingdom rising high if you marry such a man! With a
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