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[[Image:Gjcjyf68.jpg|right|thumb|A bust of Virgil, from the entrance to his tomb in Naples, Italy.]]

[[Image:Gjcjyf68.jpg|right|thumb|A bust of Virgil, from the entrance to his tomb in Naples, Italy.]]

'''Virgil''' (Publius Vergilius Maro) lived from 70 to 19 BC.  He was a well known and great [[Roman]] poet & [[philosopher]] who was born at Mantua in Italy and went to study in Cremona, Milan, and finally Rome.  Maecenas was his patron (he paid for him to write and live) and he was friends with [[Octavian]], the future first emperor of Rome.

'''Virgil''' (Publius Vergilius Maro) lived from 70 to 19 BC.  He was a well known and great [[Roman]] [[poet]] & [[philosopher]] who was born at Mantua in [[Italy]] and went to study in Cremona, Milan, and finally [[Rome]].  Maecenas was his patron (he paid for him to write and live) and he was friends with [[Octavian]], the future first emperor of Rome.

Three of Virgil's works are known to have been of note:

Three of Virgil's works are known to have been of note:

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