“Wars and a man I sing—an exile driven on by Fate…”
Commissioned during the reign of Emperor Augustus, The Aeneid serves as Rome's foundational myth, legitimizing the empire’s power by linking it to the heroic age of Troy. The Aeneid Themes - LitCharts the aeneid robert fagles pdf
The Aeneid explores several themes, including: “Wars and a man I sing—an exile driven