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Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:02:16 -0700 (MST)
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>Subject: VIRGIL: Virgil's Aenied and his shield
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At the end of Book 8 in the Aeneid, Venus asks Vulcan to make a suit of armor
for Aeneas. One of the items of the armor is a shield depicting certain future
glories of Roman history. These include Romulus and Remus, the banishment of
Tarquin the Proud, the punishment of Cataline and the Battle of
