Virgil's epic The Aeneid was written because
a. Virgil wanted to protest against the tyrannous rule of Augustus.
b. the Senate commissioned it to commemorate victory in the Punic Wars.
c. Augustus commissioned it to glorify his role in founding the Empire.
d. Pontius Pilate commissioned it to please Augustus.
e. Cicero used it to promote Roman virtues.
c
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