Ya even the Gauls and Germans were romanticized.
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Sure, but the Virgilian use of the Trojan myth is clearly part of imperial culture.
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Sure, but most influential version of Aeneas myth (Virgil's) definitely part of imperial culture.
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MFW Aeneas references start showing up in my twitter feed
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They last for centuries?
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The Aeneid is better understood as a Roman nostos, and an attempt to have an epic founding narrative like the Greeks
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To this, I'd add Tacitus' surprisingly sympathetic depiction of the Britons' resistance to Roman imperialism.
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