For some reason I had a very difficult time making sense of this epic. It seems to me the Ancient Romans see themselves as destined people. After Troy was sacked by the Greeks through the use of the Trojan horse Aeneas is forced to leave his burning city behind to carry on his destiny. His destiny is to carry on the Roman Empire elsewhere after their defeat. He believes in his own destiny so much that he forsakes love and loses his father. The Ancient Romans believe that there destiny is ordained by the gods. There are many times in fact in this epic that back that up. The gods remind him of his destiny when he becomes too infatuated with Dido and stays to long. I found the view of the Romans destiny and the way in which they planned
