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Fate and destiny were central parts of Roman mythology and culture, and consequently literature. Although Fate does seem at times to be a device to advance the plot of the Aeneid or to control the character's actions, fate, because of its place in Roman thought, actually plays a larger role. Fate is included by Virgil in his Aeneid to assert through the narrative that the foundation of Rome was divinely ordered, and that this city was destined to become a great empire.
If not for Fate, Aeneis, as the narrative now stands, would have died in Troy. If not for Fate he would have lived out his days with Dido, Queen of Carthage, never founding the city from which Rome would one day spring. The list goes on; Fate is, undoubtedly, a major mover and shaker in the story of Aeneis.
Fate in the Roman tradition was the course which a person's life was meant to travel; he could not strive from this course, and any attempt to do so always ended in advancing his fate rather than deterring it.......

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