The Aeneid: The Trojan War, Told by the Side That Lost

In the legend, Troy lost the war, and a Trojan prince escaped with his father on his back. Rome said his family led to Rome. Here is Virgil's Aeneid in order, from the wooden horse to the last duel, with the real history behind it. Chapters 0:00 Troy's last night 0:47 The gift 2:25 The last night 3:23 Wrong turns 4:45 Carthage 6:19 The world below 8:18 Italy 9:41 The last duel 10:39 Ending Sources 1. Virgil, Aeneid, tr. H. R. Fairclough (Loeb 1916), Theoi book 2. https://www.theoi.com/Text/VirgilAene... 2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Virgil". https://www.britannica.com/biography/... 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Troy". https://www.britannica.com/place/Troy... 4. Virgil, Aeneid, tr. H. R. Fairclough (Loeb 1916), Theoi book 1. https://www.theoi.com/Text/VirgilAene... 5. Virgil, Aeneid, tr. H. R. Fairclough (Loeb 1916), Theoi book 3. https://www.theoi.com/Text/VirgilAene... 6. Virgil, Aeneid, tr. H. R. Fairclough (Loeb 1916), Theoi book 4. https://www.theoi.com/Text/VirgilAene... 7. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Punic Wars". https://www.britannica.com/event/Puni... 8. Virgil, Aeneid, tr. H. R. Fairclough (Loeb 1916), Theoi book 5. https://www.theoi.com/Text/VirgilAene... 9. Virgil, Aeneid, tr. H. R. Fairclough (Loeb 1916), Theoi book 6. https://www.theoi.com/Text/VirgilAene... 10. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Aeneid". https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aeneid 11. Virgil, Aeneid, tr. John Dryden (1697), Perseus. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/... 12. Virgil, Aeneid, Latin text ed. Greenough (1900), Perseus. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/... 13. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Peloponnesian War". https://www.britannica.com/event/Pelo... 14. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Aeneas". https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aeneas 15. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Augustus". https://www.britannica.com/biography/... 16. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Odysseus". https://www.britannica.com/topic/Odys...