[43] ‘The Tyrrhene force’ is naturally enumerated among the subjects of this part of the poem, as the strife between Mezentius and his subjects had an important influence on the struggle. ‘Tyrrhenamque manum’ is not to be taken with ‘coactam,’ any more than ‘acies’ v. 42 with ‘actos.’ ‘Totam Hesperiam’ is of course not strictly true, but it probably refers to ‘Tyrrhenam manum’ and expresses that the war involved other states besides Latium. ‘Sub arma coactam,’ called out together to war. ‘Sub arma’ = “sub armis,” the regular phrase for ‘in arms’ (5. 440 &c.), with an additional notion of motion.
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