war in Latium

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The war in Latium is the climactic conflict in Virgil’s Aeneid in which Aeneas battles the native Italian tribes, especially Turnus and the Rutulians, to secure a future homeland for the Trojans in Italy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in epic poetry
fictional war
appearsInBook Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid Book 10

Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid Book 11

Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid Book 12

Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid Book 7

Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid Book 8

Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid Book 9
associatedWithTheme fatum (fate)
foundation of Rome
pietas
conflictBetween Trojans
native Italian tribes
divinelyInfluencedBy Juno
Jupiter
Venus
featuresCharacter Aeneas
Amata
Camilla
Evander
Juno
Jupiter
Latinus
Mezentius
Pallas
Turnus
Venus
goalOfAeneas secure a homeland in Italy for the Trojans
hasAuthor Virgil
includesEvent alliance between Aeneas and Evander
arrival of Etruscan forces
death of Camilla
death of Mezentius
death of Pallas
duel between Aeneas and Turnus
siege of the Trojan camp
initiatedBy hostility of Turnus toward Aeneas and the Trojans
languageOfWork Latin
leadsTo foundation myth of Roman people
mainOpponentOfTrojans Rutulians
Turnus
narrativeRole climactic conflict of the Aeneid
partOf Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid
result death of Turnus
victory of Aeneas
symbolizes conflict between fate and personal desire
transition from Troy to Rome
takesPlaceIn Latium

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Virgil's Aeneid containsEpisode war in Latium