Analyzing Tiberinus's 'Aeneas'

He tells Aeneas about another prophecy, which shows his wisdom and foresight and also outlines the founding of Evander’s city and his current situation with the Latins. Tiberinus introduces the people and place where the action in the rest of book 8 happens. He shows what happens in a few hundred lines in a few sentences, which is a change from Vergil’s normally verbose language. Elevating Tiberinus’ language makes him more respectable and authoritative. By giving this respect to a local deity, it also extends to the physical place and nature. This raises the status of nature both in the time of Aeneas and in the time of the Roman reader.
Following Tiberinus’ speech, Aeneas prays to the gods and nymphs and then prepares his fleet for sailing