Reading notes

• The Aeneid §1.7 Rome

  The capital, which the freed Tityrus visits in Eclogue 1 and finds towering over all other towns.

• The Aeneid §6.781 Rome

  The city of Romulus's founding, destined to match her empire with the earth.

• The Aeneid §8.635 Rome

  Rome, shown on the shield with the rape of the Sabine women at the Circus games.

• The Eclogues §1.20 Rome

  The capital, which the freed Tityrus visits in Eclogue 1 and finds towering over all other towns.

• The Georgics §1.466 Rome

  The city of Rome, pitied by the darkened sun at Caesar's death.