Analysis Of Aeneas: Epitome Of Well Behaved Exemplary Citizens

In Roman literature Aeneas serves as the epitome of a well behaved exemplary citizen. The poet Archias is also the embodiment of the values of Rome. He displays loyalty, honesty, and honorable character. These traits make him a model citizen. However we also have Roman citizens like Catalina who have done bad things like attempting to over throw the republic, attempting assassinations, and extorting money. Behaviors among citizens such as those displayed by Catalina force us to pose the question do those poorly behaved citizens make Rome and its accomplishments any less admirable?
The Roman poet Aulus Licinius Archias was a favorite of the great Roman orator Cicero. While defending his citizenship in 62 AD he cited his loyalty, honesty, and other honorable characteristics were cited alongside a number of papers with his name recorded on the citizen list as reasons as why he should be considered a citizen. Cicero argued in his speech, In Defense of the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias, that Archias was in fact a Roman citizen because he had served in the Roman Military, and had claimed citizenship of the Roman franchise Heraclea in Lucania. The
The Roman poet Vergil wrote The Aeneid to tell of the legend of the founding of Rome by Aeneas and of the empire’s great glory. The main character of the book, Aeneas, hails from Troy. Following the fall of Troy during the Trojan War, “For years they wandered as their destiny drove them on from one sea to the next: so hard and huge a task it was to found the Roman people” (I.46-49). The Roman epic portrays Aeneas as a faithful, pious servant to the gods. He demonstrates his faithfulness by fulfilling his destiny by founding the great city of Rome and its people, and by extensions perhaps the greatest empire the world has ever seen on the face of this earth, the Roman