Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBefore dick wolf before dceu before mcu before tolkien and others, what was the first fiction universe that was created? Or is the idea of a fictional universe a "new age" thing?message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down14
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareBefore dick wolf before dceu before mcu before tolkien and others, what was the first fiction universe that was created? Or is the idea of a fictional universe a "new age" thing?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareTomatenMark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI would asume the Aeneid was viewed as fiction.Wasn’t it comissioned by Augustus to make up a story how the romans are Descendants of the troyan folks? I think some legends about Aeneas were adapted by the Romans earlier.
I would asume the Aeneid was viewed as fiction.Wasn’t it comissioned by Augustus to make up a story how the romans are Descendants of the troyan folks? I think some legends about Aeneas were adapted by the Romans earlier.