Was the Aeneid propaganda?

Wes Callihan answers the question about whether Virgil's Aeneid is "Propoganda. read more

The Aeneid: Book VI: 847-853 lots of Roman patriotism (Greek bashing) Aeneas gets called a Roman during the procession of Rome's future leaders/heroes (patriotic brainwashing) Julius Caesar and Augustus are mentioned along with many famous heroes (blatant propaganda) Vergil Augustus Vergil 70 BCE- 19BCE considered to be one of the greatest. read more

The Aeneid is a piece of pro-Augustan propaganda, but it is more than that, it has elements of Augustan propaganda within a wider story of Roman founding myth, elaborated and collated into an epic by Virgil. read more

Virgil's Aeneid as Roman Propaganda Rome was experiencing a great deal of internal turmoil during the period when Virgil wrote the Aeneid. There was somewhat of an identity crisis in Rome as it had no definitive leader, or history. read more