 However, in the "Aeneid", Virgil claims that Mezentius fought in the Italian Wars at the time Aeneas was alive.In the Aeneid, it is Aeneas who kills Lausus after harming Mezentius, who escaped while his son faced the Trojan king.When the news about Lausus' death reaches Mezentius, he comes back to face Aeneas, and is killed too.