Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, also called Virgil or Vergil by English-speaking people, (October 15, 70 BC - September 21, 19 BC) was a writer of poems in the Latin language. Virgil's most famous epic poem is called the Aeneid. His poems are about gods and myths (called mythology).
[change] Life
Stories say that Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua[1] in Cisalpine Gaul [2]. Scholars looking at the way he used words think that he may have Etruscan, Umbrian or even a Celtic background. Study of his name has led to beliefs that his family may have been earlier Roman settlers. These modern beliefs are not supported by evidence from his own writings or from writers of his biographies. Some scholars have noted that his cognomen, or nickname, MARO, is an anagram of the two main themes in the Aeneid: AMOR (love) and ROMA (Rome).
[change] References
- ↑ The epitaph on his tomb in Posilipo near Naples was Mantua me genuit; Calabri rapuere; tenet nunc Parthenope. Cecini pascua, rura, duces ("Mantua gave birth to me, the Calabrians took me, now Naples holds me; I sang of pastures [the Eclogues], country [the Georgics] and leaders [the Aeneid]").
- ↑ Map of Cisalpine Gaul
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