Swiftly beneath thy auspices was victory achieved. Both fought for us--thou with thy happy influence, thy father with his strong right arm. Thanks to thee the Alps lay open to our armies, nor did it avail the careful foe to cling to fortified posts. Their ramparts, and the trust they put therein, fell; the rocks were torn away and their hiding-places exposed. Thanks to thine influence the wind of the frozen North overwhelmed the enemy’s line with his mountain storms, hurled back their weapons upon the throwers and with the violence of his tempest drove back their spears. Verily God is with thee, when at thy behest Aeolus frees the armed tempests from his cave, when the very elements fight for thee and the allied winds come at the call of thy trumpets. The Alpine snows grew red with slaughter, the cold Frigidus, its waters turned to blood, ran hot and steaming, and would * * * * * Page 278 mutatis fumavit aquis turbaque cadentum 100 staret, ni rapidus iuvisset flumina sanguis. At ferus inventor scelerum traiecerat altum non uno mucrone latus, duplexque tepebat ensis, et ultrices in se converterat iras tandem iusta manus. iam libertate reducta, 105 quamvis emeritum peteret natura reverti numen et auratas astrorum panderet arces nutaretque oneris venturi conscius Atlas, distulit Augustus cupido se credere caelo, dum tibi pacatum praesenti traderet orbem. 110 nec mora: Bistoniis alacer consurgis ab oris, inter barbaricas ausus transire cohortes impavido vultu; linquis Rhodopeia saxa Orpheis animata modis; iuga deseris Oetes Herculeo damnata rogo; post Pelion intras 115 Nereis inlustre toris; te pulcher Enipeus celsaque Dodone stupuit rursusque locutae in te Chaoniae moverunt carmina quercus. Illyrici legitur plaga litoris; arva teruntur Dalmatiae; Phrygii numerantur stagna Timavi. 120 gaudent Italiae sublimibus oppida muris adventu sacrata tuo, summissus adorat Eridanus blandosque iubet mitescere fluctus et Phaëthonteas solitae deflere ruinas roscida frondosae revocant electra sorores. 125 Quanti tum iuvenes, quantae sprevere pudorem spectandi studio matres, puerisque severi * * * * * Page 279 have been choked with the heaps of corpses had not their own fast-flowing gore helped on its course.