The Role Of Augustus In The Aeneid

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Augustus became the ruler of Rome. Virgil created a poem called The Aeneid of his own ideal of Rome. Virgil chose the refugees and put them on a pedestal to make them the founders of Rome. The wealthy people of Rome were the Patricians.
In book four of Aeneid, after Jupiter hears about Dido’s and Aeneas affair he lets Mercury have a word with Carthage and makes sure Aeneas must leave for Italy and take care of his responsibilities and stop neglecting his orders as a ruler. Despite being terrified of the message he was still petrified of telling Dido his plan to leave. He then tries to flee secretly but Dido suspects and indicates him of stealing her honor. She didn’t care to understand that Aeneas couldn’t disobey the gods’ demands. This landed

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