The Romans used to believe that they were descended from the Ancient Greece, the major civilization that prevailed before them in Europe and the Middle East. Their main legend of origin was recounted by Virgil (70 - 19 BCE) in the great work, The Aeneid. According to this epic poem, Rome arose in the wake of the Trojan War. The poet Virgil writes of Aeneas, a warrior of Troy and son of a prince of Troy and the goddess Athena. Virgil recounts how Aeneas was a valiant fighter for the doomed city of Troy, but when the city finally fell to its besiegers, he led a band of his people westward to found, eventually and after much wandering, the city of Rome, a new homeland for his divine nation with its godly origins. The correct answer is A.