Commissioned by Emperor Augustus, Virgil's Aeneid glorified the Roman Empire by presenting its origin through epic poetry. Draw connections Commissioned by Emperor Augustus, Virgil's Aeneid glorified the Roman Empire by presenting its origin through epic poetry. Draw connections between this work and Homer's earlier Greek epics and begin to recognize the process of literary appropriation that occurs throughout the Western literary canon.between this work and Homer's earlier Greek epics and begin to recognize the process of literary appropriation that occurs throughout the Western literary canon.