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Where, then, was the wisdom of entrusting Rome to the Trojan gods,
who had demonstrated their weakness in the loss of Troy? Will some
one say that, when Fimbria stormed Troy, the gods were already
resident in Rome? How, then, did the image of Minerva remain
standing? Besides, if they were at Rome when Fimbria destroyed
Troy, perhaps they were at Troy when Rome itself was taken and set
on fire by the Gauls. But as they are very acute in hearing, and
very swift in their movements, they came quickly at the cackling of the
goose to defend at least the Capitol, though to defend the rest of the
city they were too long in being warned.
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