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Virgil

70 BC - 19 BC

Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; 15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( VUR-jil) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Some minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, were attributed to him in ancient times, but modern scholars regard these as spurious, with the possible exception of a few short pieces. Already acclaimed in his lifetime as a classic author, Virgil rapidly replaced Ennius and other earlier authors as a standard school text, and stood as the most popular Latin poet through late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and early modernity, exerting inestimable influence on all subsequent Western literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Virgil is the 16th most popular writer (up from 17th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Writer.

Virgil is most famous for his epic poem, the Aeneid, which tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan prince who flees the burning city of Troy and travels to Italy, where he becomes the ancestor of the Romans.

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Among writers, Virgil ranks 16 out of 7,302. Before him are Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, Voltaire, James Joyce, Sophocles, and Jules Verne. After him are Molière, Miguel de Cervantes, Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, Ovid, and Alexandre Dumas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70 BC, Virgil ranks 1. After him are Scribonia, Orodes II, Publius Cornelius Dolabella, and Junia Tertia. Among people deceased in 19 BC, Virgil ranks 1. After him are Tibullus, and Dongmyeong of Goguryeo.