# Quote — Virgil, The Aeneid

> Many blows he took on land and sea from the gods above—
>
> thanks to cruel Juno's relentless rage—and many losses
>
> he bore in battle too, before he could found a city,
>
> bring his gods to Latium, source of the Latin race,
>
> the Alban lords and the high walls of Rome.

- Author: [Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md)
- Book: [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md)
- Original (la): Multum ille et terris iactatus et alto / Vi superum, saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram, / Multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem / lnferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum / Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae.
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/many-blows-he-took

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