Aeneas: the Man, the Myth, the Legend

From the beginning to the end, the Roman Empire established itself as one of the greatest empires ever. At the pinnacle of its empire, it stretched from most of Europe to Northern Africa and Asia Minor. Such accomplishments were shaped by many great leaders of that time period including, but not limited to, Augustus, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and many others. To Romans, many of these leaders were great because their leadership spurred from their willingness …

…through the Underworld combine to shape Aeneas into an astonishing leader through his willingness to give in to the gods. Aeneas' leadership qualities helped to formulate an overall perspective for future leaders to follow. The leadership qualities of Aeneas was a mirror image of what the Romans expected from a true leader and so he gave them an reflection of what is to be used to generate more and more leaders of that same superiority.