Virgil (70 BCE-19 BCE), considered one of Rome's greatest poets, is best known for three major works: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the Aeneid.
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The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas' wan... SEE MORE