Virgil

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
Dee'd	September 21, 19 BC (age 50) Brundisium, Italy, Roman Empire
Thrift	Poet
Naitionality	Roman
Genre	Epic poetry, didactic poetry, pastoral poetry
Leeterar muivement	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.