[644] Nec te Troia capit is again a prophecy with more than one fulfilment, pointing to the removal from Nova Troia to Lavinium and from Lavinium to Alba, and also to the necessary extension of the Roman power over the world. There is doubtless an allusion too to Philip's speech to Alexander, thus given by Plut. Alex. 6, ὦ παῖ, ζήτει σεαυτῷ βασιλείαν ἴσην: Μακεδονία γάρ σε οὐ χωρεῖ. ‘Simul’ with ‘effatus,’ ἅμα εἰπών.
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