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Educated at Cremona, then Milan, Naples, and Rome. | |
After completing education, returns to work on father's farm in Cisalpine Gaul. | |
Farm of Virgil's father is confiscated by state. Virgil goes to Rome and befriends Maecenas. | |
Bucolics published. (Verses about rural life.) | |
Georgics published. | |
Worked on The Aeneid for the remainder of his life. | |
Died. |
Book Links |
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Maecenas and His Friends in | Pictures from Roman Life and Story by Alfred J. Church |
Augustan Age in | The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber |
Virgil in | Back Matter by books/horne/artists/_back.html |
Augustus and the Augustan Age in | Old World Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan |
Image Links | ||
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![]() Roman Empire at the Death of Augustus in Augustus—His Life and Work |
![]() In the time of Augustus, Hildensperger in Famous Men of Rome |
![]() Virgil reading at the house of Maecenas, Jalabert in Famous Men of Rome |
![]() The Augustan Age in Greatest Nations - Rome |
![]() Virgil (Enlarged from a Gem.) in Old World Hero Stories |
Maecenas | Advisor and ambassador of Augustus. Patron of art and literature. |
Augustus Caesar | First emperor. Reigned for over fifty years. Established the Imperial system. |
Horace | Great lyric poet and satirist of the Augustan age. |