book 7

• as the Trojans approached the city of Latinus, they see warriors exercising
• could be meant to recall the Campus Martius in Rome - area of the city where Augustus had made his own with new buildings and facilities
• description of the Palace of Laurentine Picus bears a close resemblance to the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitol as rebuilt by Augustus
• the image o the two-faced Janus in anachronistic, but included as a reminder of Augustus' closing the gates of the temple to symbolise peace
• the reference to the prows of ships nailed to the posts of temple doors is a reminder of Augustus' victory in the naval battle at Actium
• Picus is wearing a short toga
• Suetonius - Augustus commanded that the aediles to allow no one into the Forum until he had removed his cloak and put on a toga
• the reclaiming of the standards from the Parthians is a direct reference to the achievement of Augustus, as if the reference to the doors of the Temple of Janus