- There was an ancient city; the Tyrian settlers held it: Carthage, standing afar opposite Italy and the mouths of the Tiber, rich in trade and very harsh in the study of war. Juno is said to have valued this one city more than all lands, even above Samos.
- There stood a city, fronting far away / the mouths of Tiber and Italia's shore, / a Tyrian settlement of olden day, / rich in all wealth, and trained to war's rough lore, / Carthage the name, by Juno loved before / all places, even Samos.
Existiu no passado uma cidade, / colônia tíria, no ultramar, defronte à Itália / e à dupla foz do Tibre: era Cartago, / empório próspero e potência militar, / na guerra sempre uma temível inimiga. / Dizem que Juno a preferia a todas / as outras terras, inclusive a própria Samos.