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Valerius Maximus, Memorable Doings and Sayings IV.8.4

About the generosity of the Roman people.

Valerius Maximus, Memorable Doings and Sayings IV.8.5

The generosity of the Romans towards Greek cities in 196 BCE.

Velleius Paterculus, The Roman History I.6

Aemilius Sura’s fragment about the succession of empires.

Velleius Paterculus, The Roman History II.103

The adoption of Tiberius by Augustus, a guarantee of stability for the Roman Empire.

Victorinus of Pettau, Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John XVII.1-16

Exegesis on Revelation 17: the great whore and the beast

Virgil, Aeneid I.198-207

Aeneas tells the Trojans of their promised land in Latium

Virgil, Aeneid I.257-296

Jupiter outlines the future descendants of Aeneas – Rome’s great leaders

Virgil, Aeneid IX.176-194

The promised city of Lavinium

Virgil, Aeneid VI.756-853

Anchises shows Aeneas his descendants – the future Romans

Virgil, Aeneid VII.107-134

The Trojans fulfil a prophecy

Virgil, Aeneid VII.59-106

The prophecy of Aeneas’s arrivalin Latium

Virgil, Aeneid VIII.26-65

The river god, Tiberinus, confirms the Trojans have arrived in Italy

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Virgil, Aeneid VIII.615-731

Aeneas receives his shield, made by Vulcan, from Venus

Virgil, Eclogues I.6-45

Tityrus, a shepherd-poet tells Meliboeus about his encounter with a man who saved him from expropriation

Virgil, Eclogues IV.1-63

The coming of a Roman Messiah

Virgil, Georgics I.24-42

Prayer to Caesar Octavian

Virgil, Georgics I.498-514

Prayer for the young Caesar to help a struggling world

Virgil, Georgics II.165-176

In praise of Caesar, protector of Roman land

Virgil, Georgics III.10-48

Temple in honour of Caesar and Rome’s military triumphs

Virgil, Georgics IV.559-562

Caesar at war

Judaism and Rome