Vince+Loncto

6/9/11 __7th wiki Assignment (The Aeneid)__ : It was a turbulent time in Rome, and the emperor Augustus decided that Romans needed something to unify them, something to be proud of. Augustus went to the poet Vergil, to ask if he could create a national history of Rome, based off of the Illiad's small character, Aeneas. What became of the request was the Aeneid, Aeneas' long and troublesome journey from his native Troy to the shores of Italy. The entire epic poem is written in dactyllic hexameter, and is totally driven by fate. Romulus, the f first founder of Rome, had Aeneas as an ancestor. Aeneas flees from Troy.

As I am musical-theatre inclined, one story of nationalism that came to mind was the movie-musical //1776//. The story is that of the Second Continental Congress in the months before July 4, 1776, and John Adam's and Ben Franklin's struggle to convince the rest of the country to fight for independence. Philadelphia is hot in the summertime, but the debates held within Independence Hall are hotter. As we all know, Adams and Franklin eventually convince the rest of the congressmen to declare independence from Great Britain.

media type="youtube" key="DqAdlkJDt7k" height="349" width="560"A scene from //1776//.

Both the Aeneid ad //1776// tell the stories of how their respective countries were born, more than two thousand years apart.