Note 109 — BOOK II
Maurice Platnauer translation
Alluding to the Roman custom of casting a spear as a sign of the declaration of war; cf. Ovid, Fasti, vi. 207—
Hinc solet hasta manu belli praenuntia mitti In regem et gentes cum placet arma capi.
Maurice Platnauer translation
Alluding to the Roman custom of casting a spear as a sign of the declaration of war; cf. Ovid, Fasti, vi. 207—
Hinc solet hasta manu belli praenuntia mitti In regem et gentes cum placet arma capi.