Virgil wrote The Aeneid to celebrate Roman history and the traditional Roman Stoic values upon which the empire had been founded. These values stressed duty and dedication to the collective

Virgil wrote The Aeneid to celebrate Roman history and the traditional Roman Stoic values upon which the empire had been founded. These values stressed duty and dedication to the collective good over pleasure and personal concerns. Aeneas was intended by Virgil as a representative of this philosophy. Find and discuss two or three instances from the poem that illustrate these values