<P> This final act of violence shows how Turnus' violence--the act of killing Pallas--inevitably leads to more violence and his own death . </P> <P> It is possible that the recurring theme of violence in the Aeneid is a subtle commentary on the bloody violence contemporary readers would have just experienced during the Late Republican civil wars . The Aeneid potentially explores whether the violence of the civil wars was necessary to establish a lasting peace under Augustus, or whether it would just lead to more violence in the future . </P> <P> Written during the reign of Augustus, the Aeneid presents the hero Aeneas as a strong and powerful leader . The favorable representation of Aeneas parallels Augustus in that it portrays his reign in a progressive and admirable light, and allows Augustus to be positively associated with the portrayal of Aeneas . Although Virgil's patron Maecenas was obviously not Augustus himself, he was still a high figure within Augustus' administration and could have personally benefitted from representing Aeneas in a positive light . </P> <P> In the Aeneid, Aeneas is portrayed as the singular hope for the rebirth of the Trojan people . Charged with the preservation of his people by divine authority, Aeneas is symbolic of Augustus' own accomplishments in establishing order after the long period of chaos of the Roman civil wars . Augustus as the light of savior and the last hope of the Roman people is a parallel to Aeneas as the savior of the Trojans . This parallel functions as propaganda in support of Augustus, as it depicts the Trojan people, future Romans themselves, as uniting behind a single leader who will lead them out of ruin: </P>

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