In the century following the publication of Virgil’s Aeneid, there ensued a proliferation of literary and artistic works centred around the Trojan War and its heroic figures in Rome. As it currently stands, the ways in which Romans viewed heroism in response to the Aeneid, which set forth Aeneas as the founding hero of Rome, remain unexplored. Furthermore, the study of both literary text and visual material, and specifically the dialogue between them, has not yet been applied to this issue. The broader aim of my thesis is to analyse text and image in conjunction, in order to gain a broader cultural understanding of Roman perceptions of mythological heroism. In this seminar I will give an overview of my research, methodology, a brief literature review, and indicate a timeline for completion. In addition, I will present a case study from the first chapter of my thesis entitled: “Interactions between the Ilias Latina and Tabulae Iliacae.”