Which of the following is the MOST reasonable inference one could make from the paragraph? The Romans hoped people would respect them and their history as much as they did the Greeks.

Virgil possessed well-preserved records about the aftermath of the Trojan War.

Many of Rome's founders have been shown to be directly descended from the Trojan hero Aeneas.

The "Aeneid" tried to replicate the success of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," but it has not lived up to the fame of the Greek stories.