(Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia, by
Jean-Baptiste Wicar (1762–1834), [Public Domain] via Creative Commons)
The poet Publius Vergilius
Maro, better known as Virgil, was born in the rural village of Andes, near the
modern day region of Mantua, Italy. He grew up during a tremendous time of
tumultuous change. In the 1st Century BCE, the power of the Roman
Senate was challenged by many powerful authoritarian figures. The dictator,
Lucius Cornelius Sulla, had only been dead for nine years when Virgil was born,
and Julius Caesar was leading Roman legions into modern Switzerland, France,
Belgium and England during Virgil’s teenage years.
Continue reading about the fascinating life of Virgil, HERE.
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