Propoganda_From_The_Aeneid

Propoganda From The Aeneid Virgil is writing the Aeneid while he is in the court of Augustus, who won the last in a series of civil wars in Rome that destroyed its republican government and created a dictatorship that would last for centuries. During Virgil’s life, he didn’t know that this would be the end of the civil wars and that Augustus and his successors would actually lead Rome to even greater power and glory than it had previously known. The only thing the people could know is that under Augustus’ reign, things had become more stabilized and that is how Augustus wanted it to stay. When Virgil writes about the future glory of Rome, he’s writing about what he hopes will happen along with writing to praise the accomplishments of Augustus such as bringing this stability to Rome as its emperor. He’s also writing in favor of continuing to put Rome’s fate in the hands of Augustus, which I see as Augustan propaganda. Some of the ways he adds to the propaganda of Augustus’ power and glory is through Aeneas’ relationship with Dido, Aeneas’ visit to the underworld and the shield he receives a the end of Book augustus, rome, aeneas, virgil, propaganda, glory, augustus’, shield, power, pietas, people, aeneid, aeneas’, about, writing, wanted, time, through, shown, references, epic, along, virgil’s, underworld, read, poem, marcellus, just, important, while, wars, voice, visit, under