The Roman god of war plays a subtle and important role in the narrative of Virgil's Aeneid. Through the course of his epic, Virgil employs the father of Romulus and the Roman people as a key divine figure in his unfolding of the death of the old Troy and the advent of Rome. Through the course of his epic, Virgil employs the father of Romulus and the Roman people as a key divine figure in his unfolding of the death of the old Troy and the advent of Rome.

Dr. Fratantuono specializes in Latin poetry, imperial Greek verse and Roman history. Among his numerous publications are his recent books Madness Transformed: A Reading of Ovid's Matamorphoses (2011); Madness Triumphant: A Reading of Lucan's Pharsalis (2012); and A Reading of Lucretius's De Rerum Natura (2015).

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