It is obvious that there are numerous qualities that make up a hero in BCE Roman culture. However, the quality that stands out against all others is the virtue of pietas, or devotion to duty. Virgil, quite possibly Rome's greatest poet, exhibited this devotion to duty in the writing of The Aenid. Virgil devoted the last ten years of his life to the story of the hero, Aenas, and his long adventure back to Rome. …showed first 75 words of 439 total…

…showed last 75 words of 439 total…after this description, Anchises asks, "Do we still hesitate to assert our valor by action, or does fear forbid our settling on Italian soil "(Overfield, 142)? With this, Anchiles is asking Aeneas if there is any hesitation to follow his destiny. The Roman concept of 'destiny' is now clear to the reader. Each must follow one's predetermined destiny and not hesitate in doing so. Aeneas, through profiling his destiny, is now destined to become a God.