Aeneid - c. 30 BCE - The Aeneid was an epic
poem written by Virgil, 70 - 19 BCE. The Aeneid is a
Homeric epic which relates the story of Aeneas, the son of Anchises of
Troy. The Aeneid provides a historical context for linking Roman
civilization and Greece. Aeneas is said to encompass the ideal of
virtuous Roman existence, and the Aeneid provided a social
foundation for Roman rule of the free world. important
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