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.

Natalie Haynes considers the work of the Roman poet Virgil, ranging from his hints on bee-keeping to his great work The Aeneid. Dido is the classic wronged woman and the Aeneid contains the best ...

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

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 ...