From Defeat to Greatness: On Aeneas's Theory of Subduing the Enemies

Virgil’s epic of Aeneid showed the hard journey of how Aeneas went from Troia to Rome and from defeat to greatness. Through the ways of delighting the gods, making allies, rebuilding the order, etc., Aeneas formed the idea of peace first, knowing himself and the enemies, avoiding and subduing the enemies, and won the legitimacy for the establishment of Rome.