§1.3.1nondum maturus imperio Ascanius, Aeneae filius, erat; tamen id imperium ei ad puberem aetatem incolume mansit; tantisper tutela muliebri — tanta indoles in Lavinia erat — res Latina et regnum avitum paternumque puero stetit.
Ascanius, the son of Aeneas, was not yet mature for power; nevertheless, that power remained undamaged for him until his adult age; in the meantime, under female guardianship—such great character was in Lavinia—the Latin state and the ancestral and paternal kingdom stood firm for the boy.
§1.3.2haud ambigam — quis enim rem tam veterem pro certo adfirmet? —, hicine fuerit Ascanius an maior quam hic, Creusa matre Ilio incolumi natus comesque inde paternae fugae, quem Iulum eundem Iulia gens auctorem nominis sui nuncupat.
I would not venture to decide—for who could affirm for certain a matter so ancient?—whether this was Ascanius, or one older than he, born of his mother Creusa while Ilium was undamaged, and thence the companion of his father's flight, whom the Julian house now calls Iulus as the founder of its name.
§1.3.3is Ascanius, ubicumque et quacumque matre genitus — certe natum Aenea constat —, abundante Lavini multitudine florentem iam, ut tum res erant, atque opulentam urbem matri seu novercae reliquit, novam ipse aliam sub Albano monte condidit, quae ab situ porrectae in dorso urbis Longa Alba appellata.
This Ascanius, wherever and of whatever mother he was born—it is at least established that he was born of Aeneas—since the population of Lavinium was overflowing, left the city, already flourishing and wealthy as things were then, to his mother or stepmother, and himself founded another new one under Mount Albanus, which from its situation, stretched out on the ridge of the hill, was called Alba Longa.
§1.3.4inter Lavinium conditum et Albam Longam coloniam deductam triginta ferme interfuere anni.
Between the founding of Lavinium and the leading out of the colony of Alba Longa, nearly thirty years intervened.
tantum tamen opes creverant maxime fusis Etruscis, ut ne morte quidem Aeneae nec deinde inter muliebrem tutelam rudimentumque primum puerilis regni movere arma aut Mezentius Etruscique aut ulli alii accolae ausi sint.
Yet their power had grown so much, especially through the routing of the Etruscans, that not even upon the death of Aeneas, nor subsequently during the female guardianship and the first trial of the boy's reign, did either Mezentius and the Etruscans or any other neighbors dare to take up arms.
§1.3.5pax ita convenerat, ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius Albula, quem nunc Tiberim vocant, finis esset.
Peace had been agreed upon on such terms that for the Etruscans and the Latins, the river Albula, which they now call the Tiber, should be the boundary.
§1.3.6Silvius deinde regnat, Ascanii filius, casu quodam in silvis natus.
Silvius then reigns, the son of Ascanius, born by some chance in the woods.
is Aeneam Silvium creat; is deinde Latinum Silvium.
He begets Aeneas Silvius; he then begets Latinus Silvius.
§1.3.7ab eo coloniae aliquot deductae, Prisci Latini appellati.
From him some colonies were led out, who were called the Prisci Latini.
§1.3.8mansit Silviis postea omnibus cognomen, qui Albae regnaverunt.
Afterwards, the surname Silvius remained for all who reigned at Alba.
Latino Alba ortus, Alba Atys, Atye Capys, Capye Capetus, Capeto Tiberinus, qui in traiectu Albulae amnis submersus celebre ad posteros nomen flumini dedit.
From Latinus, Alba was born; from Alba, Atys; from Atys, Capys; from Capys, Capetus; from Capetus, Tiberinus, who, drowned in the crossing of the river Albula, gave his famous name to the river for posterity.
§1.3.9Agrippa inde, Tiberini filius, post Agrippam Romulus Silvius a patre accepto imperio regnant.
Then Agrippa, the son of Tiberinus, and after Agrippa, Romulus Silvius, having received the power from his father, reign.
Aventino fulmine ipse ictus regnum per manus tradidit.
He himself, struck by a lightning bolt on the Aventine, handed down the kingdom.
is sepultus in eo colle, qui nunc pars Romanae est urbis, cognomen colli fecit.
Buried on that hill, which is now a part of the Roman city, he gave his surname to the hill.
§1.3.10Proca deinde regnat.
Then Proca reigns.
is Numitorem atque Amulium procreat; Numitori, qui stirps maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat.
He begets Numitor and Amulius; to Numitor, who was the eldest offspring, he bequeaths the ancient kingdom of the Silvian house.
plus tamen vis potuit quam voluntas patris aut verecundia aetatis.
Yet force prevailed more than the will of the father or respect for age.
pulso fratre Amulius regnat.
Having driven out his brother, Amulius reigns.
§1.3.11addit sceleri scelus; stirpem fratris virilem interimit; fratris filiae Reae Silviae per speciem honoris, cum Vestalem eam legisset, perpetua virginitate spem partus adimit.
He adds crime to crime; he puts to death the male offspring of his brother; from his brother's daughter, Rea Silvia, under the pretense of honor, having chosen her as a Vestal, he takes away the hope of offspring by perpetual virginity.