[368] The meaning apparently is that the Latin army generally is drawn up near the city, and does not at once march in answer to a requisition which we gather from this passage to have been sent by Turnus, a detachment of three hundred horse being sent instead.
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John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of. Virgil. , with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. and Henry Nettleship, M.A. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane;. George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1876.
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