Before revision: Of course, Virgil's readers in Rome in the first century BC would know in advance that this love was doomed, since Aeneas' and dido 's progeny – respectively the Romans and the Carthagenians – would eventually become mortal enemies.
After revision: Of course, Virgil's readers in Rome in the first century BC would know in advance that this love was doomed, since Aeneas' and Dido 's progeny – respectively the Romans and the Carthagenians – would eventually become mortal enemies.