ABSTRACT

There are four problems in the last line: (a) is adsistunt used absolutely or does it govern certamina? (b) is contra adv. or prep.? (c) if contra is an adverb, what can certamina be? (d) is anheli genitive going with martis or nominative plural going with olli (i.e. Aeneas and Turnus)? These problems can in my view best be treated in the above-mentioned order: