Excerpt from Aeneid I, Vol. 1: Edited With Introduction and Notes; Introduction and Text Rome], and in G. 3. 46 (on the occasion of the triumph of Augustus after his victories in the East, B. C. 29) the poet announces his intention of celebrating the event in verse. Whether any poem directly in praise of Augustus was begun or not, it must have been speedily abandoned for one of more comprehensive design, for some three years later we find Augustus asking for a specimen of the Aeneid then in progress, and in 23 B. C., three entire books (the second, fourth, and sixth according to Suetonius) were recited before the court. There are certain indications that the Third Book was written before the Secondz, and it is likely, in default of any direct evidence, that the composition of the First Book (or parts of it) preceded that of the Fourth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.