To what extent would a roman audience have criticised Aeneas for his furor in Books 2,10 and 12?

Furor in latin means a 'frenzied rage' In Book 2 Aeneas reacts to the destruction of his city with a enraged desire to fight which 'jettisons reason'. When Aeneas and his troops put on the armour of Greek soldiers and fight deceptively Virgil employs the simile of a man who comes unexpectedly across a snake in long grass and shrinks back. When we compare this to the reference to the impious Phyrrus a 'snake who has glutted himself on long grasses' it seems the author is highlighting the fact Aeneas is not behaving heroically. Thus a Roman audience might have criticised Aeneas because Virgil encourages them to do so. We must consider, however, the fact that a Roman audience would have been educated in the Homeric epics and as such might have sympathised with Aeneas' desire to die a 'glorious death' in keeping with the Homeric ideal. In Book 10 Aeneas' reacts to the death of Pallas with unparalleled brutality. He slaughters Turnus' army ignoring pleas for mercy, gloating over his victims and suggests a human sacrifice to honour Pallas something notoriously taboo in Roman society. The intense detail with which Virgil addresses the savagery of Aeneas suggests he intended a Roman audience to criticise his hero for seeking revenge on those who were not responsible for Pallas' death. In Book 12 Aeneas enters the battle field in a state of calm and right until the climax of the Aeneid attempts to avoid bloodshed and negotiate peace when this is contrast to the way he abruptly murders Turnus when seized by furor it seems like behaviour a Roman audience would criticise. This abandonment of reason would have been frowned upon by Roman society. The use, however, of the same Latin verb 'condere' to describe Aeneas 'founding a city' in Book 1 and 'burying the steel' in Turnus in Book 12 suggests this anger and brutality was necessary to the foundation of Rome. Surely no Roman audience could criticise such a lofty goal? Furthermore, Servius refers to the fact that, while uncontrolled, Aeneas' reaction could be viewed as a reaction to Anchises command to 'spare the defeated and break the proud in war'. If Aeneas rage is a response to Turnus gloating upon killing Pallas then it can be seen as righteous, even pious and certainly not something a Roman audience would criticise. -Perhaps talk about parallels between Augustus and 'pious' Aeneas which would make it unlikely a Roman audience would criticise AeneasEEK - How to make points-Evidence-Explain-Key Terms