The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil)

The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) is one of the most important pieces of classical literature because it had such an immeasurable impact on the Roman world. The Aeneid gives modern scholars an important tool in understanding both Roman mythology and the times during which the Aeneid was written, during the reign of Rome's first emperor Augustus. Under Augustus, Roman memories of the bitter civil wars that had plagued Rome for a century and the resulting chaos gave all Romans a sense of insecurity. The epic poem, the Aeneid, was commissioned by Augustus with the hope of unitin…