Virgil The greatest of the Roman poets, Publius Vergilius Maro, was not a Roman by birth.
His early home was on a farm in the village of Andes, near Mantua. His father was a farmer, prosperous enough to give his son the best education. Young Virgil was sent to school at Cremona and then to Milan.
At the age of 17 he went to Rome to study. There he learned rhetoric and philosophy from the best teacher...
