| | :Aeneas took his daughter Lavinia and married her, and became king over the children of the soil; and they and the strangers became one people, and they were called by one name, Latins. | | :Aeneas took his daughter Lavinia and married her, and became king over the children of the soil; and they and the strangers became one people, and they were called by one name, Latins. |
| − | :But Turnus [the Rutulian king] called to his aid Mezentius, king of the Etruscans of Caere. There was then another battle on the banks of the river Numicius, and Turnus was killed, and Aeneas plunged into the river and was seen no more. However, his son Ascanius declared that he was not dead, but that the gods had taken him to be one of themselves, and his people built an altar to him on the banks of the Numicius and worshipped him by the name of Jupiter Indiges, which means, "the God who was of that very land".<ref name=Ap2>Arnold, p.2</ref> | + | :But Turnus [the Rutulian king] called to his aid Mezentius, king of the Etruscans of Caere. There was then another battle on the banks of the river Numicius, and Turnus was killed, and Aeneas plunged into the river and was seen no more. However, his son Ascanius declared that he was not dead, but that the gods had taken him to be one of themselves, and his people built an altar to him on the banks of the Numicius and worshipped him by the name of Jupiter Indiges, which means, "the God who was of that very land".<ref name=Ap2>Arnold, p. 2</ref> |
| | This struggle explains in the Greek minds why Rome was founded by a Greek descendant, but the important nearby shrine still retained its native name. | | This struggle explains in the Greek minds why Rome was founded by a Greek descendant, but the important nearby shrine still retained its native name. |