Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil’s Aeneid

Virgil's epic poem was a reflection on momentous changes that took place in Roman government and life during the last years of the first century BC, says Fratantuono (Latin, Ohio Wesleyan U.), as Octavian assumed complete control of the Roman state and initiated his Pax Augusta. Quotations are in Latin with English translation. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)