That teacher has nothing on fans of the Roman poet Virgil (also spelled Vergil): They believed his poetry could be used to predict everything from the outcomes of battles to who would be king.

Virgil was the most important Roman poet, so his works would have been the basis for what children were taught in schools, particularly the Aeneid as it tells the legendary story of Rome's ...

The Italian Cultural Garden Foundation celebrated the Roman poet Virgil at a ceremony November 16, 2008 led by Cleveland's Mayor Frank Jackson who praised Italy's culture and the success of ...

The Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil is an epic poem in 12 books that tells the story of the foundation of Rome from the ashes of Troy. It was probably written down in Rome from 30-19 BC during the ...

The Roman poet Catullus (Vallus Galerius Catullus, 84bc-54bc) lived for such a short time and in such a glorified period of Roman power, dominance, ... Virgil, Horace, Cinna, ...

The shadow of Virgil. Throughout much of history, Ovid has been overshadowed by his more senior Roman contemporary, Virgil. Best known for his epic poem The Aeneid, Virgil was a fully fledged literary ...

Virgil was perhaps the greatest Ancient Roman poet and his greatest work was the Aeneid, the story in epic verse of Trojan her Aeneas's journey from Troy to the area where Rome was founded. His ...

Yet one of our favorite dubious fun facts—a Trojan Horse that has snuck into a handful of trivia books—concerns Virgil, the Roman poet and author of the Aeneid. Of Poets and Pests.