The Eneide verses on the plaque at the Aventino (Book VIII v. 62-65)
EGO SVM PLENO QUEM FLVMINE CERNIS
STRINGENTEM RIPAS ET PINGVIA CVLTA SECANTEM
CAERVLEVS THYBRIS CAELO GRATISSIMVS AMNIS
HIC MIHI MAGNA DOMVS CELSIS CAPVT VRBIBVS EXIT
ANNO IV
MCMXXVI
[I am that you distinguish in a full flow
that holds the banks and cross the fertile cultivations.
The blue Tiber, river very welcome to heaven.
Here (is) my great residence, among great towns the spring gushes.]
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