Virgil was one of Rome's most prolific poets, but how much was he influenced by ancient Greece and Greek writers like Homer?

The Romans famously claimed to be descended from the Trojans, but does this legend have any basis in actuality?

BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome. What does archaeology reveal about when it was really founded?

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.

Collected from Roman and Byzantine sites ... it is the only known mosaic of Virgil. Shakko via Wikicommons One of the largest preserved ancient mosaics in the world, the Triumph of Neptune hangs ...