... of their civilization. What Virgil felt was the one triumph his Empire lacked was its own epic, a tale embodying the Roman spirit, virtue and justifying its greatness. What Homer achieved for the Greeks with the Iliad and the Odyssey, so Virgil would do the same? He immediately set to work in his reacquire country estate at Mantua, Italy. Besides the great influence Homer's works had on him, ... epic furthering it literary quality and standing as a great poem. Lastly, as is necessary in all great epics, Virgil realized the necessity of creating characters that were greater than life, wer...

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