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His tale, immortalized in Virgil's epic poem the *Aeneid*, was a cornerstone of Roman mythology and identity.\n\nAeneas' odyssey, fraught with divine intervention and tragic love, culminated in his marriage to a local Latin princess, Lavinia, and the establishment of a new city, Alba Longa, near the future site of Rome, by Aeneas’ son Ascanius.","48714104-c131-4fbe-bf96-8552894edec5",[73],{"id":74,"data":75,"type":58,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"28345a79-8aa9-4f77-82de-0a7ded73d0fb",{"type":58,"reviewType":35,"spacingBehaviour":35,"activeRecallQuestion":76,"activeRecallAnswers":78},[77],"What epic poem, written by Virgil, tells the story of Aeneas, the mythical founder of Rome?",[79],"The Aeneid",{"id":81,"data":82,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":35,"reviews":85},"5b9871af-1483-48ca-a3fe-2ef61f89adc7",{"type":35,"markdownContent":83,"audioMediaId":84},"In imperial Rome, the story of the *Aeneid* served as propaganda by linking the Romans to the ancient and noble lineage of the Trojans. 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However, as time progressed, the balance of power shifted.\n\n![Graph](image://ef45efcd-1dd7-4528-a07e-c659e877d670 \"A map of the cities of the Latin League surrounding Rome. 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The strength of this alliance enabled Rome to repel these threats and expand its influence.\n\nBy the time the late 5th and 4th centuries BCE came around, the power dynamics within the Latin League had transformed significantly. Rome, with its growing ambition, became the dominant force. These evolving relations culminated in the Roman-Latin wars.\n\nBy 338 BCE, after Rome's victory in the Latin War, the Latin League as an independent entity was no more. 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Marcel Roblin, CC BY-SA 4.0 \u003Chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\")\n\nThe Forum was the site of numerous important events and ceremonies, including elections, trials, and triumphal processions. It was also a place of commerce, where merchants and traders from across the empire gathered to exchange goods and ideas.\n\nThe site of the Forum was established during the regal era, but its political and civic function reached its peak in the Republican period, when it was a hub for public speeches and meetings. 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