Born a peasant, Virgil was raised on a farm before being educated in the Greek and Roman authors. His rural upbringing influenced all his poetry ... Rome's place in history.

The idea of Rome as the Eternal City started in ancient Roman literature. Poets like Virgil and Ovid wrote about Rome’s eternal future. Rome’s role as the center of a vast empire made it the ...

A question beautifully addressed in Richard Hough’s Firebird which is receiving its world premiere at the King’s Head Theatre ...