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Violence: In Book 1, Jupiter prophesies from heaven that Aeneas will found Rome and “wars will cease and cruel history will grow gentle” (line 291). Yet, even though The Aeneid is supposedly about the “peace” that Rome will eventually bring the world (Pax Romana – Wikipedia ) by subduing the world to Roman law and government. This is parallelled in a description in Book 1 of Dido’s African Kingdom of Carthage: Jove let you found a city and bring justice – / To lawless tribes” (524). The book is frought with violence everwhere. How does The Aeneid in Books 2-3, depict violence? Does the violence that it depicts seem like a glorified violence? Or can you detect Jupiter’s prophecy that there will be peace eventually? Does it matter that the violence in Book 2 is primarily done by Greeks? Who inspires the violence? What does it mean?
