His works are over 2000 years old and, as he is himself a Roman, come from Rome.
After Octavian defeated the army led by the assassins of Julius Caesar payed off his veteran soldiers with lands in northern Italy of which some belonged to Vergilius's family. This is believed to be a reason of why he wrote his poem The Eclogues
Virgil is considered to be one of the best, if not the best poet of the Augustan Age.
The Aeneid is widely considered Virgil's finest work and one of the most important poems in the history of western literature.
After Octavian defeated the army led by the assassins of Julius Caesar payed off his veteran soldiers with lands in northern Italy of which some belonged to Vergilius's family. This is believed to be a reason of why he wrote his poem The Eclogues
Virgil is considered to be one of the best, if not the best poet of the Augustan Age.
The Aeneid is widely considered Virgil's finest work and one of the most important poems in the history of western literature.
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