and of Rome as the conqueror and civilizer of the world: vi. 851,
‘Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento:
hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem,
parcere subiectis et debellare superbos.’
3. The unity of Italy with Rome is seen in Aeneas and Turnus, representing respectively the pietas and the martial courage of a past age. This is brought out also by the introduction of local names. Cf. vii. 682-5, 710-7, 797-802.
4. Virgil shows here and there contempt for pure democracy: vi. 815,
‘iactantior Ancus
nunc quoque iam nimium gaudens popularibus auris.’
Cf. also i. 148-9.
Authors influenced by Virgil.—Livy, Tacitus, Ovid, Tibullus, Propertius, Manilius, Lucan, Silius Italicus, Statius, Valerius Flaccus, Martial, Juvenal, the author of Aetna. See under each.
HORACE.
(1) LIFE.
Our chief source of information about Horace is his own works, and some important details are added in a life of him by Suetonius.