After the Trojan War, Aeneas fled from the ruined city with his son Ascaniusand came by boat to Italy...At the end of Aeneas's days, Ascanius waselevated to royal power and founded the city of Alba on the banks of theTiber. He fathered a son whose name was Silvius. The latter had a secret loveaffair with a niece of Lavinia's whom he married and got with child. When hisfather Ascanius learned about this he ordered his wise men to find out the sexof the child that the girl had conceived. When the wise men had made sure ofthe truth, they said that she would bear a son who would be the death of hisfather and mother. After traveling through many lands as an exile, he wouldnevertheless attain to the highest honor. Their prophecies did not turn out tobe mistaken. For when her time had come, the woman bore a boy and died inchildbirth. The boy was handed over to the midwife and named Brutus. Atlast, after fifteen years had gone by, the boy went hunting with his father andkilled him with a misdirected bowshot. For as the servants were driving somestags into their path, Brutus, believing that he was aiming at them, hit hisfather below the breast. On account of this death, his relativ

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