... sympathy for Carthage and presenting it as the victim, Virgil creates the picture that Rome is the evil empire and is wrong in being aggressive towards Carthage. iv) The Prophecy in Book VI In book VI, Aeneas travels to the underworld seeking the advice of his dead father, Anchises. In their meeting, Anchises tells of the future of Rome and the descendents of Iulus. The dream of Rome is portrayed in ... all its glory. Anchises spells out what the ideals and principles of the Roman empire are to be, saying, "your ... , Turnus, and the Ending Virgil draws upon Homer's Odyssey and Iliad in...

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