Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro
Publius Vergilius Maro
	Depiction o Virgil, 3rd century AD; ("Monnus-Mosaic", Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier)
Born	October 15, 70 BC; Near Mantua, Cisalpine Gaul, Roman Republic
Died	September 21, 19 BC (age 50); Brundisium, Italy, Roman Empire
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Roman
Genres	Epic poetry, didactic poetry, pastoral poetry
Leeterary movement	Augustan poetry

Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), uisually cried Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜːrdʒəl/ in Inglis, wis an auncient Roman poet o the Augustan period. He is kent for three major wirks o Laitin leeteratur, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, an the epic Aeneid. A nummer o minor poems, collectit in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributit tae him.

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↑ Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, ed. Roberts, John, (Oxford: OUP, 2005)

Publius Vergilius Maro
Depiction o Virgil, 3rd century AD ("Monnus-Mosaic", Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier)
Born	October 15, 70 BC Near Mantua,^[1] Cisalpine Gaul, Roman Republic
Died	September 21, 19 BC (age 50) Brundisium, Italy, Roman Empire
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Roman
Genres	Epic poetry, didactic poetry, pastoral poetry
Leeterary movement	Augustan poetry