IV. Duty plays a crucial role as a key character trait for the individuals that we encounter. Aeneas’s insistent devotion to his own destiny, along with his unrelenting concern for his Trojan people foreshadow the concept of duty to the Republic and obedience to Caesar that might have prevailed in Virgil’s Roman society. His actions are plagued heavily with the sacrifice of his own personal gains, playing a crucial role in developing the epics proud resulting tone. There is much evidence to highlight the political intentions underlying Virgil’s Aeneid. Virgil highlights the noble elements of not only Aeneas, but characters such as his comrades, which effectively “encourage the Roman people to take pride in their roots” (Du Plessis