Virgil

Virgil was born on October 15, 70 in Italy. Ancient Roman poet who is famous for his epic work The Aeneid, as well as for his Eclogues and Georgics. His literary work, created during the Augustan period, spanned the genres of epic, pastoral, and didactic poetry.
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Ancient Roman poet who is famous for his epic work The Aeneid, as well as for his Eclogues and Georgics. His literary work, created during the Augustan period, spanned the genres of epic, pastoral, and didactic poetry.

Before Fame

He studied rhetoric, astronomy, and Medicine in Milan and Rome before turning his attention to philosophy and poetry.

Trivia

His Aeneid was based on the Iliad and Odyssey of the Greek poet Homer. The Aeneid, in turn, influenced Dante's Divine Comedy.

Family Life

He was likely the son of landowners from the Cisalpine Gaul region of the Roman Empire.

Associated With

He and renowned statesman Julius Caesar were both famous Romans.

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