All 4 Uses of
succession
in
The Aeneid
- Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore, And in the doubtful war, before he won The Latian realm, and built the destin'd town; His banish'd gods restor'd to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line, From whence the race of Alban fathers come, And the long glories of majestic Rome.†
Book 1
- The throne with his succession shall be fill'd Three hundred circuits more: then shall be seen Ilia the fair, a priestess and a queen, Who, full of Mars, in time, with kindly throes, Shall at a birth two goodly boys disclose.†
Book 1
- The doubt is all from Jove and destiny; Lest he forbid, with absolute command, To mix the people in one common landOr will the Trojan and the Tyrian line In lasting leagues and sure succession join?†
Book 4
- Intent he seem'd, and anxious in his breast; Not by the scepter mov'd, or kingly vest, But pond'ring future things of wondrous weight; Succession, empire, and his daughter's fate.†
Book 7 *
Definition:
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(succession as in: a succession of events) series or sequence (one after another)