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    Virgil,

    Biography

    Eminent Roman poet, Virgil is famous for his incomparable epic Aeneid which has greatly influenced literature through the ages.
    Son of an affluent landowner, Virgil was sent to Milan, Rome and Naples to study rhetoric, mathematics, and medicine. He became one of the “Alexandrians” – a group of poets influenced by Greek bards of the 3rd century. His early works include the poetic collection Bucolica (37 B. C.; 10 books), and the informative Georgics (29 B. C.; 4 books).
    After the Battle of Actium in 31 B. C. Virgil was assigned by the victorious emperor Augustus to write about his rule. This resulted in his magnum opus Aeneid on which he worked from 30 to 19 B. C. Spread over 12 books; it vividly captures the splendour of the Roman Empire and made Virgil a legend.

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    Publius Vergilius Maro, more famous as Virgil, was an eminent Roman poet. One of his works became the national epic of the Roman Empire. His works are still widely translated and extensively read.;

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