Why Did Vergil Write the Aeneid?

Why did Virgil write the Aeneid?  Why did he want it destroyed at his death?  What do scholars have to say about this? Was it propaganda?  How much influence did the experience of the Punic Wars have on the story? Here’s a review of Dr. Elena Guisti’s 2017 book, Making Rome Great Again: Fake Views in the Ancient World, written during Trump’s first presidency.

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