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This short book is a study of the epic tradition of the early Roman empire and specifically of the epic poems of Ovid, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus and Silius Italicus. It explores the use they made of Virgil's Aeneid, an epic interpreted not just as a monument to the heroic construction of the principate, but also as a problematical text that challenged succeeding epic poets to a reworking of the issues that it dramatised: the possibility of establishing a lasting age of peace, the relation between power and the sacred, the difficulties of distinguishing between good and its evil parodies, anxiety about imperial and poetic succession. The author draws on modern critical and theoretical approaches to argue for the vitality and interest of works which have all too often been relegated to a second division of literary history.

Classical Latin literature --- Virgil --- Imitatie in de literatuur --- Imitation dans la littérature --- Imitation in literature --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc. --- Invloed (Literaire, artistieke, enz.) --- Rome -- Dans la littérature --- Rome -- In de literatuur --- Rome -- In literature --- Rome dans la littérature --- Rome in de literatuur --- Rome in literature --- Epic poetry, Latin --- Poésie épique latine --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Virgil. --- Influence --- Rome --- In literature --- Épopée --- --Tradition --- --Virgile, --- Énéide --- --Influence --- --Epic poetry, Latin --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc) --- Imitation in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Influence. --- In literature. --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). --- Poésie épique latine --- Imitation dans la littérature --- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc. --- Rome dans la littérature --- Artistic impact --- Artistic influence --- Impact (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Literary impact --- Literary influence --- Literary tradition --- Tradition (Literature) --- Art --- Influence (Psychology) --- Literature --- Intermediality --- Intertextuality --- Originality in literature --- Quotation --- Literary style --- Mimesis in literature --- Plagiarism --- Vergil --- Virgile --- Virgilio Máron, Publio --- Virgilius Maro, Publius --- Vergili Maronis, Publius --- Vergilius Maro, Publius --- Epic poetry [Latin ] --- Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism. --- Imitation (in literature) --- Rome in literature. --- Virgil - Influence. --- Virgil. Aeneis. --- Virgilius Maro, Publius, --- Virgilio Marone, P., --- Vergilīĭ, --- Virgile, --- Vergílio, --- Wergiliusz, --- Vergilīĭ Maron, P. --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ, --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P., --- Vergil, --- Virgilio, --- Virgilīĭ, --- Virgilius Maro, P., --- Virgil Maro, P., --- ווירגיל, --- וירגיליוס, --- ורגיליוס, --- מרו, פובליוס ורגיליוס, --- فرجيل, --- Pseudo-Virgil, --- Pseudo Virgilio, --- Virgilio Marón, Publio, --- Bhārjila, --- Vergilius Maro, P. --- Vergilius --- Virgilio Marone, P. --- Vergilīĭ --- Vergílio --- Wergiliusz --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P. --- Virgilio --- Virgilius Maro, P. --- Virgil Maro, P. --- Pseudo-Virgil --- Pseudo Virgilio --- Virgilio Marón, Publio --- Bhārjila --- Marone, Publio Virgilio --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Tradition --- Virgile, 70-19 av JC --- Virgil - Aeneis --- Virgile (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) --- Sources