Virgil
70 BCE – 19 BCE Roman poet
Rome's national poet, author of the Aeneid.
- Religion
- Roman state religion, deeply woven into the Aeneid's vision of destiny and piety.
- Affiliations
- Patronized by the emperor Augustus. No secret society.
Virgil wrote the Aeneid, the epic that gave Rome a founding myth and a sense of imperial mission. His polished verse became the model of Latin poetry and a schoolroom staple for centuries. Dante later chose him as his guide through Hell and Purgatory.
Connections
- influenced Dante Alighieri — Dante made Virgil his guide in the Divine Comedy.