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The preordained structure that moves Aeneas toward Rome and history toward Augustus.
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destiny
The preordained structure that moves Aeneas toward Rome and history toward Augustus.
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The Aeneid is governed by destiny: Aeneas' real purpose is to reach Rome so his son can build the Roman Empire.
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Jiang presents Augustus Caesar as the endpoint of history in the Aeneid's imperial logic: all events converge toward him and the Pax Romana.
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The central model is that Caesar succeeded because he was a myth maker: a man of destiny who changes history by constructing a new reality that absorbs and alters the old one.
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Jiang says Caesar grew up inside the contradiction of the imperial republic and saw himself as destined to save the Republic through reform and restored stability.
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"...this play, oh, sorry, throughout this book, there's the idea of destiny. That what Aeneas is doing has been preordained"
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"by the gods because the real purpose of Aeneas is to go to Rome so that his son can build the Roman Empire. So..."
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"...of human history because they see themselves as a men of destiny who must change the world for the better. And they do so..."
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"...republic, a contradiction. And he saw himself as the man of destiny to save the republic by implementing the reforms necessary in order to..."
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Julius Caesar was not only a general or politician.
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