Motif
city under emergency defense
city_under_emergency_defense
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7463-7532 confidence: high
Turnus tells the citizens they praise peace while enemies rush on dominion, then orders Volusus, Messapus, Coras and his brother, and other forces to arm, deploy cavalry, guard gates and towers, and attack under his command.
The populace arms, gates are entrenched, walls are manned, and commanders are deployed in response to imminent attack.
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