...at once the Roman line is turned back and hurled to the old gate of the Palatine. Romulus himself, driven along by the crowd of fleeing soldiers, lifting his weapons to heaven says, "Jupiter, ordered by your birds (omens), I established here on the Palatine the first foundations for the city. The citadel, purchased by treachery, the Sabines now hold; from there the soldiers have overcome the middle of the valley, and now aim here. But you, father of gods and men, keep the enemy from here at least, take away the terror from the Romans, and stop this disgraceful flight! Here I vow to you a temple of Jove the Stayer, as a monument to future generations that by your propitious help the city was saved.