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, especially his earlier work, like the “Eclogues”.

The Aeneid is a famous poem by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, who is often credited as the father of Latin poetry. He lived during the Augustan period, roughly 250 years before Gladiator 2 takes ...