Vergil (70 B.C - 19 B.C)
Perhaps one of the most well known of all authors of antiquity, he wrote the epic sequel The Aeneid, which commemorates Rome and its ancient origins. He was born near Mantua and studied in Naples under Parthenius a youth. He later was taught in the schools of the Epicurean, Siro and the rhetorician, Epidius in Rome. He briefly pursued rhetoric and law before giving it up for a more passive career as a poet (he wasn't the best person for rhetoric). As such, he took to it and wrote his famous debut of 10 books on pastoral poetry (Eclogues or Bucolics). He later wrote 4 books of didactic poetry (Georgics) and finally his unfinished "masterpiece", which is of course The Aeneid. He went to Greece to research on his last writing before contracting an illness that would prove deadly to him. The Aeneid was posthumously published after his death (also against his wishes) by the orders of Augustus.
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He often wrote is poetry in the same fashion, but changes his subjects (as such is experienced in many fields of writing). He really does love his farm (subject in his debut book)
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