book 8

• Aeneas leaves the Trojan camp to seek help from Evander, who lives in Pallanteum, a town on the site of Rome
• when Aeneas arrives, Evander and his son, Pallas, are engaged in celebrating Hercules' destruction of the monster, Cacus
• Evander shows Aeneas the city and sends his son, Pallas, to fight alongside the Trojans
• Venus beings Aeneas new armour, including a shield which depicts Octavian and the battle of Actium