the sword belt of Pallas (book 10)

• a conquered enemy's weapons should be dedicated to a god, not worn by a killer
• Turnus removes the sword-belt from Pallas and wears it himself
• Virgil tells the reader that later on he would wish that he had acted differently
• the significance is much discussed by scholars
• it could relate to marriage not consummated, lust for revenge, or the civil wars
• there were statues telling the same story on the portico surrounding the temple of Apollo which Augustus himself dedicated in 28 BC