Per transitum tangit historiam. Intersecting Developments of Roman Identity in Virgil

This paper discusses how Servius says that Vergil \u201ctouches on\u201d or alludes to historia: history in the Aeneid is generally expressed 'indirectly' . Historia In Servius is a term that includes the sense of \u2018myth\u2019, \u2018legend\u2019, and that of \u2018history\u2019, and more particularly, \u2018Roman history.\u2019 Servius thinks Virgil represents the republic\u2019s fall and her protagonists (Pompey, Marius) behind the Troy\u2019s fall