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AGENDA: Using Virgil to predict an apocalypse.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20080424
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Byline: CHRIS UPTON

Bella, horrida bella, Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno The Roman poet, Virgil, could never have imagined that, of all the 15,000 lines of poetry he composed, this one would be the one best remembered, at least in Britain. Admittedly, at the time he was writing it, Britannia was hardly headline news. The Romans would not be coming to call for another 60 years, and the island at the edge of the world was decidedly off the political map.

Let's put the words in context. In Book 6 ...

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