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"We are never quite clear [in the Aeneid] whether Aeneas is a proto-Roman or a proto-Augustus, and this tends to blur the distinction between 'Roman' and 'Augustan'. Augustus of course wanted the two categories to be indistinguishable, and wanted his personal success to be identified with the interests of Rome."
— Oct 22, 2013 09:33PM
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"We are never quite clear [in the Aeneid] whether Aeneas is a proto-Roman or a proto-Augustus, and this tends to blur the distinction between 'Roman' and 'Augustan'. Augustus of course wanted the two categories to be indistinguishable, and wanted his personal success to be identified with the interests of Rome."
— Oct 20, 2013 01:44PM
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is on page 394 of 612
"We are never quite clear [in the Aeneid] whether Aeneas is a proto-Roman or a proto-Augustus, and this tends to blur the distinction between 'Roman' and 'Augustan'. Augustus of course wanted the two categories to be indistinguishable, and wanted his personal success to be identified with the interests of Rome."
— Oct 04, 2013 12:10PM
