Virgil's Epic the Aeneid Was Written Because

Multiple Choice

Virgil's epic the Aeneid was written because

A) Virgil wanted to protest against the tyrannous rule of Augustus.
B) the Senate commissioned it when it gave Octavian the title Augustus.
C) Augustus commissioned it to glorify his role in founding the Empire.
D) he sought to compete with the popularity of Livy's History of Rome .
E) Aeneas was a popular hero who sacrificed his life in a rear guard action on a bridge over the Tiber River.